Recently I saw a red-shouldered hawk in the backyard, next to the papaya tree. He hung out here for like fifteen minutes before getting bored and flying off. You can see the weather went from cloudy to sunny before he left. (Sorry for the low-quality images; my camera isn't that good.)
Wildlife is so important. I guess these birds eat rodents and stuff? To benefit these birds, we probably need more rodents.
I'd love to learn more about falconry. I think it would be great to have a hawk that comes down and perches on my shoulder whenever he wants, and maybe carries letters to California or Mongolia or wherever I need letters to be sent, and I wouldn't have to worry about feeding him because he'd be wild so he'd eat rats or whatever he wants.
My local NPR station recently did a piece on how to attract birds to the yard in South Florida.
