Environment:
Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 35 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds.
The weather remains fantastic while the birding remains much less so. Today’s featured shot is a Red-tailed Hawk who was perched well off the trail and very high up in the tree. I couldn’t really tell whether it was eating a catch or just coughing up a pellet but something dropped away just before I got focused. After that it had to attend to an itch on the back of its head. Starlings are appearing in greater numbers these mornings – pictured here gathered in a treetop discussing the day’s plan. I also captured another Great Blue Heron perched up in a tree. I’m not sure why they are not spending more time on the river when I am around. Perhaps I’ve answered my own question.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, Gulls, Canada Geese, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Blue Jay, Northern Flickers, Bushtits, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-winged Blackbird, mystery hawk
Critters: Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs
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Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight