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Originally Posted by dawn27  What a fright you must of had. To see it right outside your door and so close to your babies, Yikes !
I myself would have grabbed the camera and tool some photos. I think they are amazing animals. We have them near our home here in the suburbs of Ohio but not no twenty pounders..thats crazy. They have been thriving and multiplying ever since the city built some nesting boxes for a breeding pair a top of our city building where they were spotted years ago. They even set up cameras and monitored them. It was very interesting to see when they aired it on a Tv. |
The thought of taking a pic did enter my mind, but I didn't want the hawk to see my fur babies sitting there...my instincts just kicked in & I had to shoo it away. They are majestic beautiful birds, but it's still a bird of prey!
Was looking on google images & it might've been a red tailed hawk. According to wikipedia, a female can weigh up to 4.4#'s. Mimi is 7#'s & the hawk was almost twice as big. Maybe it looked so big to me bc it was so close. 20#'s would be a big turkey loll!