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Birds
6/4/05 @ 7:53 PM
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These guys come closer and closer as a spring goes on. They come and watch me work in the yard. They eat bugs that I turn up. Nice coloration on the head of this guy. He did turn a couple times and it looked really neat, but every time I snapped the picture, he turned his head to the right, the last pic is taken off. Soon, I’ll be dive bombing my squirrels to keep them away from their nest. And the yard.
On the drive home this morning from looking for waterfowl, I spotted a hawk sitting in a tree inside the forest edge. I turned around and went back, stopping on the side of the county highway and had time to get one quick photo through the tree branches (not the sharpest pic) before the bird flew off. As it flew away through the trees, I knew based on its wing/tail shape it was not in the Accipiter group (Cooper's Hawk, Northern Goshawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk), but was one of the hawks in the Buteo group. After initially comparing the photo to internet images, I was debating between an immature red-shouldered hawk or a young broad-winged hawk. I am now fairly confident it is a broad-winged hawk. That would be the first time I have ever photographed one of those.
Regarding backyard birds, I am still waiting to see the migrating white-throated sparrows, white-crowned sparrows, towhees, and yellow-rumped warblers.
Regarding backyard birds, I am still waiting to see the migrating white-throated sparrows, white-crowned sparrows, towhees, and yellow-rumped warblers.
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