What is a sharp girl hawk?
Sharp-Shinned Hawk is the prey of a bird who often hunts in a bird feeder. These hawks can be found almost throughout North America and some of South America. They nest on trees in wooded areas, but often come to urban areas to make a living. The scientific name for a sharp cash hawk is acippiter Straitas .
considered small for hawk, Sharp-shinned female reaches between 11.5 and 13.5 inches (29-34 cm) with a wing span of about 24 inches (61 cm). The males are getting smaller and reaching 9.5-10.5 inches (24-27 cm). Men have a wing span of about 21-25 inches (53-63 cm). The female also weighs more than men, about 5 to 8 ounces (142-227 g) compared to men 3 to 4 ounces (87-114 g). The woman is darker and brownish with less exclusion. The youthful will be brown above with a striped brown belly. This Jestřáb's tail is also forbidden and the second -hand and his dependent beak is short and dark.
Sharp-shins eat mainly small birds. But they will eat small mammals and some larger insects. HawkBi capture birds in the air or on the ground after a rapid dive. They are often worshiped-when they use a cover to hide-and they enjoy the singer of songs that provide bird feeders made by man.
Sharp-Shinned Hawk nest in coniferous forests. The nest is located high on trees, 20-60 feet (6.1-18.2 m) above the ground, against the trunk and supported by thick branches. Sometimes this bird uses old nests of Crows or other hawks.
He thought he would join throughout his life, and cutting hawks were involved in the Convention before their reproduction season, which occurs in March to June. In general, the female lies between three and eight eggs that hatch after 21-35 days. Women remain in the nest to incubate eggs while men hunt food. When the young hatch is, they are white and the downy.
Young Sharp-Shinned Hawks will be able to leave the nest after 21-32 days. After leaving the nest will remain with their parents almostmonth. When feeding, the parent throws food young in the air. Sharp-shinned Hawks can live up to 13 years, but often only three live.
in 40.-70. years of the 20th century there was a large decline in the population with sharp mountains due to the use of DDT pesticides. This pesticide thinned the egg shells of many birds, so their eggs were crushed before the embryos could mature. Since the age of 70, the population with a sharp ignition has partially recovered in the United States for protection under the US Migration Birds Act.