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At noon on Feb. 3, I heard screams of outrage from a number of jays. I looked up from my sandwichmaking to see birds fleeing the feeding area. At the same time, a great flapping of wings at the feeder alerted me to. a hawk. The unidentified raptor flapped away and out of sight. Did it capture a bird?
A number of people have reported hungry hawks drawn to concentrations of birds at area feeders. Are we putting birds at risk of predation by attracting them in large numbers? Balance this concern with the knowledge that, with natural food in short supply, many birds would not survive this period of very cold weather at any rate, especially with snow covering the ground.
Richard Abell of Sperryville knows his birds, and it is always interesting to talk with him at the Rappahannock Library, where he is a volunteer. Abell reported a Cooper’s Hawk that sailed in for a kill at his feeder. The birds escaped by flying into a large black cherry tree — a
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