My dog was growling at the back door that leads to our sunroom. My girlfriend shouted from the kitchen that I needed to come see the hawk in the sun room! Of course at first I wasn't buying it but once I saw it I was astonished. I didn't want to get bit and have little experience handling birds anyway so I grabbed it with some tongs and gently placed it on the back of a chair outside. It flew off with no issues and landed in a pine tree about 100 yards from the house. I later saw it near the fence in my back yard and it flew off again. I'm guessing it may be hunting the opossum that lives outside my fence. Please let me know what this bird is. Thanks!!
although I think it's more likely it was after insects or other small critters, after all an (adult) Opossum is probably too large for it to tackle. I'm assuming this was in the US, which state?
