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Taken July 1943
Suzanne Ola Sharp 4 years 7 months
Sandra Jo Sharp 5 years 10 months
Winston Neil Sharp 10 years 11 months
Cousins of Marilyn E. Van Voorhis 9 years 7 months
Mary Wood looking over fence
Sharp-eye Black-Crowned Night-Heron watching for prey on Baldwin Lake, Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Arcadia, CA
This my favorite shot of the year. Maybe because i was just about to shoot, and i changed lenses, and i think i picked the right one. 50mm with the fog there, and the sun just starting to come through. This one i think shows you have to be at the right place at the right time...i just happened to be going through here, saw the shot, parked the car and hurried to get this...
In common with other birds, Sharp-shins breed during that part of the year when their food is most readily available. The population of songbirds, on which the hawks rely, reach their lowest level of the year in early spring, increase through breeding to reach a peak in late summer, and then decline again over winter. This pattern of availability is modified to some extent by the arrival and departure of migrant songbirds, which serve to swell the prey supply, both in summer and, by different species, in winter. Young songbirds, which have recently left the nest, provide especially easy pickings, and these are available from late spring well into summer. In addition, longer summer days give the hawks more time to hunt, but on the other hand the growth in vegetation gives the prey more cover as the summer progresses.
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge..February 2012