Environment:
Start Time: 6:00 AM Temperature: 72 degrees Sky: Mostly Sunshine.
Featured today is an Osprey family portrait. This is the best shot this year of a family group and, if you look closely, you can just see that there are three new arrivals. Pictured here is a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk who was very fussy and vocal. I think it wanted to be fed but a nearby adult was not being cooperative. I keep thinking that I see something in the Red-tailed Hawk nest but there is little movement to convince me that there is actually an occupant. I’ll keep watching.
Sightings:
Birds: Canada Geese, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Doves, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Bullock’s Orioles, Belted Kingfisher, Western Meadowlark, Cooper’s Hawks, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vultures, Northern Flicker, Scaled Quail
Critters: Mule Deer, mosquitoes, Widow Skimmers, Cabbage White Butterflies
KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
