The resident red squirrel was in the magpie tree yesterday, and have seen him do this a half dozen times, seemingly just to tease the birds. Their long-time nest is in the top of this
Ponderosa Pine that I planted 25 years ago, and four birds swooped at the squirrel who kept dodging to the other side. No reason, other than fun, I would say. Magpies nest early, but not this early.
A big flock of Cedar (not Bohemian, winter residents) Waxwings catching insects over the river. Wow. 70 degrees in parts of the state tomorrow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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