Nature Done Wright

Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs

September 22, 2015

Red-shoulders vs. Red-tail Skirmish

Lots of hawkish screaming over the Celery Farm yesterday — went to investigate and saw two Red-shoulders and a young Red-tail flying around.

Red-shoulders disappeared into the tall evergreens by the Fell House, the Red-tail cruised the skies nearby for a few minutes. After the Red-tail left, so did the Red-shoulders.

Could not see a band, but it was most likely Laura and her mate.

We hear the Red-shoulders calling just about every day at the Celery Farm, but never this kind of hell-raising.

Photo above is the young Red-tail. The Red-shoulder is tucked away on a branch below.

1 comment

Nick R

10 years ago Reply

There’s a cooper’s hawk that I see sometimes at the Mahwah High School track that seems to play with a group of resident crows. There’s some cawing/screeching. But mostly just a lot of swooping, diving and chasing. None of it seems aggressive. Sometimes the hawk chases the crows and sometimes the crows chase the hawk. Nothing about it seems stressful. It’s entertaining to watch while running.

1 comment

Nick R

10 years ago Reply

There’s a cooper’s hawk that I see sometimes at the Mahwah High School track that seems to play with a group of resident crows. There’s some cawing/screeching. But mostly just a lot of swooping, diving and chasing. None of it seems aggressive. Sometimes the hawk chases the crows and sometimes the crows chase the hawk. Nothing about it seems stressful. It’s entertaining to watch while running.