Maura and Peter Briggs wonder if this is the same bird that GMGers have been seeing around town (captured on their deck)
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Charlie Caroll Captures Birds Too-
Community Photos 3/21/13
My View of Life on the Dock
Good Morning Gloucester 
Excellent photos as usual. See you at the Giclee show.
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I saw one of those hawks literally tearing apart a sparrow on my deck and snacking on it, while I watched from 5 feet away. Maybe it’s the same one and he’s gotten onto the idea that birdfeeder = buffet?
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Excellent photos. Hope those lovely birds are not that hawk’s dinner…They do have to eat and I prefer that they eat mice instead 🙂
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This hawk is not the same as the red tail posted a few days ago. Although hard to identify accurately given that we can’t see the tail, and we don’t have any size comparison, I’m betting this hawk is an accipiter, likely a Cooper’s hawk or a sharp shinned hawk. They were formerly known as “bird hawks” because of their diets, so you are likely to see them near your feeder, feasting on its intended beneficiaries.
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Beautiful photos!!! I have saved them for screen savers 🙂 Thank you
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