These birds were hilarious on the roof of the Bird Watcher’s General Store in Orleans on Cape Cod. There were dozens of them that would line up on the roof and look down… waiting for their turn to get to that full bird feeder! And they went… one at a time!
There wasn’t a ripple on the water when I walked by the Orleans Town Cove the other day. There were still some boats in the water, so it was kind of a cool photograph.
Thursday morning we heard a tremendous boom outside of our home on Cape Cod just after dawn. I thought the generator had blown up. Phil came running in. When we looked out on the deck, we saw this Baby Red-tailed Hawk lying on our deck… on his back with his feet straight up in the air. We knew he was still alive because we could see him breathing. He had hit our sliding glass door pretty hard.
We watched patiently as he slowly stood up after about 10 minutes. He looked around for over an hour and then flew off. Whew!
Thank goodness he was ok.
This photograph is just after he stood up. He looks a bit stunned, which I’m sure he was!
Cape Cod daily articles on the wonderful Cape Cod places to hike, experience and photograph. A Cape Cod Outdoor Adventure Series.