Last week I said I was catching up with a backlog of pictures [Catch Up (part i)]. Today I’ll continue with a number of January pictures that are worth sharing. In addition to the Hooded Mergansers and Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, I’m always happy to see the winter return of the kinglets. Here’s a Ruby-crowned Kinglet showing justContinue reading “Catch Up (part ii)”
Tag Archives: Red-shouldered Hawk
Nesting is work!
I’ve seen at least four Red-shouldered Hawk nests under construction this week. Most will probably be false starts, abandoned for one reason or another. Some not well supported by the tree, some too public, some, well, who knows? Certainly the hawks do. This morning I saw two hawks building a nest in some pines, justContinue reading “Nesting is work!”
Appropriate day for couples
Here’s a pair of (quite literally) “love birds,” spotted just today. I saw one carrying nesting materials and tracked it as it flew to its nest. While it was working on the nest, a second, the female, alighted on the branch pictured here. The male joined it a few minutes later. The male is onContinue reading “Appropriate day for couples”
Seagroves Walks 