Noisy Love
There’s usually just one.
One steady, strong, beauty of a hawk perched on the tippy-top, fragile branch of my big, bald tree.
He faces south and he waits
& waits.
But lately, he has company
& now, I’ve been so very interestingly informed by Google what I thought was a HE, in fact, is a SHE.
Seems the female is the larger of the two
& YaY
I’ve just learned something new on this brand new today.
SHE is usually so quiet though.
Just minding her biz, stealthily doing her thing but I gotta tell you, the minute HE came into her life ?
um, well, things have been a bit noisy out there.
It’s been going on for over a week now
& what I initially thought were seagulls hanging around the back yard with their squawking kind of squawk has turned out to be these two hawks.
From dawn to dusk …
The cry of the red-tailed hawk is a two to three second hoarse, rasping scream, described as kree-eee-ar,[27] that begins at a high pitch and slurs downward.[32] This cry is often described as sounding similar to a steam whistle.[5] The red-tailed hawk frequently vocalizes while hunting or soaring, but vocalizes loudest in annoyance or anger, in response to a predator or a rival hawk’s intrusion into its territory
& get this … ! …
During courtship, the male and female fly in wide circles while uttering shrill cries. The male performs aerial displays, diving steeply, and then climbing again. After repeating this display several times, he sometimes grasps her talons briefly with his own. Courtship flights can last 10 minutes or more. Copulation often follows courtship flight sequences, although copulation frequently occurs in the absence of courtship flights.
Yes.
That’s what’s been happening and is happening on these premises as we speak
& I feel like a way too snoopy neighbor but, I can’t help listening and I can’t stop watching because they are so darn noisy and it’s SO INCREDIBLY AWESOME !!
& I am way beyond thrilled that these two creatures have found each other and are courting on MY TREE.
Seriously.
How special is that ??
& the thought that little, bitty, baby hawks might be somewhere in my future ??!?
ohmygosh
That must make me a distant relative or something, right ?
Right ??
Nature
Golly how I adore Nature !
So, don’t mind me Mr and Mrs Hawk.
I won’t mind your noise machine as long as you don’t mind my much too curious eyeballs peering out my back window
Oh & that big, bald, beautifully different tree where your courtship began and continues ?
Consider it my wedding present
&
those darling kids that will someday be sitting high up top of those branches too ?
They can call me Auntie.
weeeeee.
🙂
