Sitting in the snackbar - This beautiful Sparrowhawk was sitting in our garden at about 50cm (20 inch) from the bird feeding station as if he was in a snackbar. The feeding tray was of course totally abandoned by all the little birds
Hawk In A Close Fly By by Debra Martz I watched this Red-shouldered Hawk from the edge of the road, taking a few photos as it searched the ground for prey. It then turned and looked directly into my eyes momentarily, then flew by extremely close as it moved to the opposite side of the road...I got back in the truck, left it to its hunting, and continued to Goose Island State Park in southern Texas for some more bird watching.
Omg! Just saw this beautiful fella when leaving the apartment. Not sure what kind of #raptor they are, but I love seeing #wildlife in the city, and they so big!! Good start to the day #bird#nature#birdofprey#citywildlife
Day three of no home internet. My hypothesis is that a tech disconnected our line while troubleshooting somebody else’s line. Itthappened before. I don’t understand why it takes two weeks to get a tech out to repair the line.
I have 50 GB for a hit spot on my iPhone so, I may connect the Antenna to my PC’s Wi-Fi.
Here’s a black vulture. The bird and the turkey vulture that I posted yesterday, were hanging out together.
There we were, hunkered down at my patio table in the backyard watching the sky. When two mystery birds appeared high up riding the thermals. They were Mississippi Kites (Ictinia mississippiensis). This is a new bird for me, I'd not heard of it until today.
"The Mississippi Kite makes a streamlined silhouette as it careens through the sky on the hunt for small prey, or dive-bombs intruders that come too close to its nest tree. These sleek, pearly gray raptors often hunt together and nest colonially in stands of trees, from windbreaks on southern prairies to old-growth bottomlands in the Southeast (and even on city parks and golf courses). After rearing their chicks they fly all the way to central South America for the winter." - allaboutbirds.org
This red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) was flying over checking out the backyard birds. The hawk hid among the vultures - quite clever. I found a puff of feathers in the yard not long before taking this photograph.
"This is probably the most common hawk in North America. If you’ve got sharp eyes you’ll see several individuals on almost any long car ride, anywhere. Red-tailed Hawks soar above open fields, slowly turning circles on their broad, rounded wings. Other times you’ll see them atop telephone poles, eyes fixed on the ground to catch the movements of a vole or a rabbit, or simply waiting out cold weather before climbing a thermal updraft into the sky." - allaboutbirds.org
OC Photo: Osprey — Loomis WA