Springwatch: Maine edition has been getting exciting this week. We have heard the peepers beginning to sing, more summer birds have been arriving and perhaps most excitingly we have seen a hawk building a nest just a little way into the woods. As the leaves are not on the trees yet, we’ve been able to watch it gathering materials and spending time at the nest site. We also, unexpectedly, got to witness it attempting to catch its dinner this evening, when it swooped down on our resident red squirrel. Fortunately, (as we’ve grown quite fond of it) the squirrel managed to get away this time but you’d have to imagine the many local squirrels and chipmunks are feeling a little nervous about their new neighbor.
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| A few hours before the near-miss |
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