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YPD51 rounds the extremely sharp curve just short of the switch to the Steel Bridge on the east side of the Willamette River. This undoubtedly has to be one of the sharpest curves on a major main line in North America today. Trains creep through here at a little more than walking speed.
I found this bird in my backyard yesterday (10/31) eating a Halloween treat. The prey may have been a Dark-eyed Junco. Unfortunate for the junco but the hawk has to eat. Although it is hard to tell from the photo the hawk was under the canopy of a shrub on a dark mostly cloudy day so the shutter speed was slow and the photos are not as sharp as I would like. Yakima County, Washington. IMG_9526
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A flock of 4-5 Sharp-tailed Grouse have been visiting my yard for about a month now. They show up every couple of days to dine on the sunflower seeds that were kicked out of the feeder by the smaller birds. They are extremely skittish and this was taken through my window.
Accipiter striatus
Yesterday morning swooping out of the trees, two juvenile sharp-shinned hawks flew through the buckeye glade. Two of the resident crows were nearby warming up in the early morning sun and immediately began to try to drive them out of their area. The sharp-shinned hawks are such agile fliers and so fast as they maneuvered in and out of the tangle of buckeye branches. The crows seemed to be able to follow and drive one out easily but the other sibling quickly eluded them, circled back and landed on a tree and started to survey the possibilities for food. I had an opportunity and was happy to at least get one of the two before he was on his way.
thanks always for stopping by to visit and share....risa
This peculiar, forty-five degree angle of a pasture corner casts a different shadow. The boulders inside the fence are evidence of hydraulic mining for gold in Tuolumne County, California.
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male resting on its territory in the "lek" or dancing grounds of the prairie landscape at Camp Wainwright Military base in eastern Alberta, Canada.
3 May, 2016.
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Accipiter striatus
This morning I woke up early and though I had planned on sleeping in the cool weather outside motivated me to make a run out to Smith Point to see if any hawks were moving. Smith Point is a peninsula that juts out between Galveston and Trinity Bays. The thing that makes it interesting (at least when it comes to birds) this time of year is that, much like Cape May, NJ, it acts as a funnel that concentrates birds that are migrating south. As I headed to Smith Point the weather was looking pretty dreary and I had the strong feeling that I was making a mistake going but I decided to press on and take my chances on the weather. When I arrived I was pleased that it was not raining and there were some raptors moving. Most of the birds I saw were Sharp-shinned Hawks like this one and I was delighted to see a couple come close in the early morning light.
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Still only Sharpies at my favorite crab apple grove and no waxwings.
I like Sharp Tail Grouse, but I'm ready for a bit of diversity!
Charlecote Park at golden hour.
I love the luxurious thick fur and impressive set of antlers on this stag, as well as the halo of golden evening light.
Cactus needles viewed from above at the Conservatory
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Photographed in my back yard. I was ready for him. I expected him because I have seen him several times recently and Saturday he landed on my birdbath. He arrived a little latter Sunday morning but may have been confused about the time because we went from daylight saving time to pacific standard time. I say this as if the bird knows the time. Maybe he slept in because it was snowing most of the night and early morning. He tried for a quail, junco, and sparrow breakfast but as far as I know he failed. I enjoyed watching him for about 15 minutes while he sat from 15-30 feet from me between trying to catch a sparrow that was in a shrub next to him. He flew around the shrub and even jumped at it 4 or 5 times which was fun to watch. IMG_6342
Yakima Area Arboretum. This bird repeatedly came to me and at one point landed about 15 feet from me on top of a blind at the "Sparrow Patch." where it was trying to catch an easy meal. This is a juvenile bird and after a little more than half hour it may have given up or returned after I left. IMG_7429
Green Iguana ~ Grand Cayman ~ British West Indies
Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 100, f/8.0, 270mm, 1/400s
Photographed at my home while snowing. More snow forecast for this afternoon and tonight. Snow results in large number of birds at my feeders. This bird or perhaps several Sharp-shinned Hawks are frequent visitors to my home. IMG_9052
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Pretty sure this is a sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus, just guessing. Another possibility might be a Merlin, though this bird's head is not quite shaped right, nor does it have any 'eyebrow' mark, as a merlin might (but not always) have.
I just don't see either of them often enough to know.
This little (crow size) raptor has been hanging around my little pond for several days, swooping rapidly from under cover likely grabbing little songbirds.
We first noticed the flickers completely disappeared from our backyard, including the mating pair, as well as an unusual disapperance and silence for long stretches of time, from other songbirds.
Perhaps the result of this bird taking the opportunity to ambush feed on the numerous little songbirds that have arrived.
I heard this hunter take the bird in the sky as i was leaving work...pulled out of my lot, and seen this in the neighboring businesses yard