Our Cooper's Hawk

[Bugbear]

Is the bird quite musical? If so, then it is a long-tailed grackle. They are everywhere in the southwest.

Oh, no. This is much, much bigger than a grackle. Probably bigger than a crow, though sounds a bit like the caw of a crow. They catch baby pidgins and small birds, hold them in one claw, and peck and bite them to death. Someone told me once that they are abundent down in Mexico, but I'm not sure.

Perhaps I will look into what kind of bird that is; I haven't been much interested in birds. He has flown right over my head and I can tell that he is a very large bird.

* I'm really not sure how to identify birds, so I'm having a little difficulty searching on the web. *

* I finally figured out that they are ravens. End of mystery. *