If a Hawk Keeps Coming to Your Feeder, This Is What He Knows

🐦 The six-week plan that takes an empty yard to a full one — what to buy, where to hang it, and what to expect each week. Plus four pages you can print and take to the store. 📘 FORTY YEARS AT THE WINDOW — https://wendellswindow.com I’ve learned that when a hawk keeps returning to a feeder, it isn’t by accident—it has recognized a reliable hunting ground. In this video, I explain what feeder hawks know about our yards, how to identify them, and why neighborhoods are so attractive to these skilled predators. I also explore what these hawks hunt, how songbirds warn one another, the ethics of bird feeding, and how I safely share my yard with both predator and prey. I’ll finish with the morning I watched a hawk miss—and the remarkable thing the chickadees did next. 0:00 Why hawks keep returning 0:43 Identify your feeder hawk 3:31 What feeder hawks hunt 4:11 Why neighborhoods attract hawks 5:51 The birds’ warning system 7:03 Hawks are federally protected 8:31 Is bird feeding ethical? 9:30 The morning the hawk missed 10:42 Sharing the yard safely #BackyardBirding #BirdWatching #CoopersHawk #BirdFeeders #Hawks #Wildlife