Hunger At The Garden Gate

January 2, 2026

Word seems to have gotten out. No songbirds there for a meal. A Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) sitting on the garden gate, a spot where there are often many birds. Try, try again little hawk.

And it is indeed a small hawk. The males of this species are the smallest hawks in both the United States and in Canada.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

3 thoughts on “Hunger At The Garden Gate”

  1. Oh yes! We had one in our yard for a long visit on Wednesday. So fun to see him close to the house.

  2. This hawk strikes other birds as a food source. Since I feed birds in winter, the Sharp-shins are frequently seen overhead – and the birds are constantly watching.

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