What Month Is This?

A big flock of Cedar (not Bohemian, winter residents) Waxwings catching insects over the river. Wow. 70 degrees in parts of the state tomorrow.

"Marsh Hawk"

That's their formal title, now Northern Harrier. My favorite hawk species and I was just saying to Tom, "I wonder what happened to those harriers around here" and voila! Two appeared. This is the adult male and I found the ground nest a few years ago, pure luck.

Canada Geese

Back yard birds and quite vocal yesterday. Not "Canadian" Geese unless you know where they were hatched. Heading back down there right now!  Feeling lucky.

Eagles and Eagles

A snapshot of Nigel and Sonny in their enclosure and circled to the upper left, the current hangout of the Bald Eagle pair at the river. Nesting starts in early March, if they choose to this year. They have skipped three times since construction in 2011.

Young Sharpie

 I was on the beach photographing a huge flock of Red-winged Blackbirds up by the eagles across the river when this Sharp-shinned Hawk flew in and landed or a second or two, chasing two killdeer. Got this (terrible exposure) shot, no time to change camera settings, oh well. What a weird background color! She'll be back, maybe.

Heron Pal

 

Just Now!

 

Again Today, Chillin' On the Beach

 

Our Favorite Neighbor, Beth the Heron

 

New One - Drypoint Etching

 

Killdeer Still Here!

 

Sunday Morning, Black Sabbath

All In the Family

And parents in the nest tree, breeding first of March!

Yard-full of Eagles

Sonny and Nigel, and 4 immature Bald Eagles in the yard, parents in the nest tree.