Sherwood Forest Undressed

Hawks in Sherwood Forest

      The Glare

It is a joy  living in an urban environment where green spaces and trees are viewed as welcome and necessary.  The joy is not so much obvious as it is felt.  If one slows down and takes a leisurely walk through the old Woodway Elementary School property, its inhabitants begin to show themselves.  One such inhabitant is the Sharp Shinned Hawk.  It is an exhilarating feeling to be walking and half see and half sense something out of the corner of the eye.  Then, upon looking closer, discovering this magnificent if diminutive bird of prey and hearing its shrill cry.    Essential for the livelihood of this beautiful raptor is the stand of trees separating Sherwood Forest residences, the proposed city park and the land purchased by The Burnsteads .   They make their living feeding on the small birds, rodents and large insects which inhabit the woods in our area.

So, if you get a chance, treat yourself to a leisurely walk around the proposed park grounds.  The hawks are there covertly working the woods.