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Bird Photos from May '23
Male Wood Duck and Solitary Sandpiper Blue Grosbeak Cedar Waxwing White-eyed Vireo Mallard Family Wood Duck Pair Barred Owl Cooper’s Hawk Great Crested Flycatcher Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird Eastern Towhee Red-shouldered Hawk chicks Pine Warbler Mother Downy Woodpecker feeding fledgling Great Blue Heron
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Pamela Uschuk: Return of the Warbling Vireo
Deep in the oleanders’ dense thicket, a warbling vireo screams for a mate, another migrant back from his longtrek from Mexico. He loves the green tangoof poison leaves keeping his slim gray bodysafe from Cooper’s hawk, the snelled claws of our local bobcat, my young dog, part dingo, who could snatch him on the wing. I understand his need, notdesperation but the urgencyetched in his DNA driving…
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Lunch On A Limb
Lunch On A Limb
“Lunch On A Limb” Cooper’s Hawk Eating a Catch In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne A life ended so another can survive. — kenne
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Morning Surprise
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#baby animals#baby deer#bird photography#canon photographers#Canon Photography#Canon R7#colorado#Cooper&039;s Hawk#deer#fawn#mountains#mule deer#photography#raptor#raptor photography#raptors#Rocky Mountains
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Juvenile Cooper's Hawk
Juvenile Cooper’s Hawk
A juvenile cooper’s hawk hanging around my friend’s place. (more…)
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Finally got to fly again (and more)
Finally got to fly again (and more)
5 December, 2021 Finally got to fly again (and more) I flew most of the day Tuesday. Viruses don’t affect a plane’s ability to fly, but my schedule was disrupted by the pandemic so I took a break. I finally called out to my old friends at Heart of Virginia Aviation in Hanover (KOFP) and set up some time with a plane and an instructor. I was fortunate to fly with an excellent instructor named…
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#bluebird#bufflehead#cessna#Cooper&039;s Hawk#flying#great blue heron#kofp#marbled salamander#Pileated Woodpecker#river#sunset
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All In A Flash
All In A Flash
To feed or not to feed? That is not the question for I know I will continue to put out bird seed from now til April or May since it provides them with a constant food source and me with a constant entertainment source.
But still, things happen, like Gray Squirrels figure out how to access the squirrel-proof feeders.
And when I least expect it, everyone makes a mad dash because a bird of…
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Cooper’s Hawk, en garde My Gila monster project has been occupying my free-time lately, so my photography and by extension this blog has been pretty quiet.
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Evidence of the Presence of an Owl
Evidence of the Presence of an Owl
Last weekend was a time for raptors at my suburban north Texas home.
First of all, I unintentionally attracted a Cooper’s Hawkto my fence on Saturday. I had refilled my bird feeder with fresh seed that morning. Although I have my bird feeder situated in a rather protected area between my house and my neighbor’s, of course, hawks have incredible eyesight so the little sparrows, warblers and…
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#Barn Owl#Barred Owl#bird feeding risks#birds of prey#bones#Cooper&039;s Hawk#dissecting an owl pellet#furball#Great Horned Owl#hawk#owl#owl pellet#pellet#predator#raptor#raptor digestion#raptor pellet#rat#rodent incisor
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A fellow critter-loving friend of mine posted a few pictures of winter birds a few days ago on Facebook, and a link to an article featuring lots of such birds. Some of them are so gorgeous that I knew right then I would share them for Saturday’s surprise! It amazes me that these small, seemingly-delicate creatures can withstand the cold of winter, but somehow they do!
American Goldfinch
American Robins
Anna’s Hummingbird
Barred Owls
Black-Capped Chickadees
Blue Jays
Bohemian Waxwing
California Scrub Jay
Cedar Waxwing
Common Grackle
Common Redpole
Cooper’s Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebirds
Great Grey Owl
Mockingbird
Mourning Doves
Northern Cardinals
Northern Flicker (left); Northern Flicker and European Starling (right)
Snowy Owl
Tufted Titmouse
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Yellow-Shafted Flicker
Aren’t they beautiful? I hope they made you smile this Saturday winter morn! Be sure to check out the website for some tips about feeding winter birds and winter bird photography. Have a wonderful weekend, my friends!
Saturday Surprise — Winter Birds!!! A fellow critter-loving friend of mine posted a few pictures of winter birds a few days ago on Facebook, and a link to an article featuring lots of such birds.
#Birds & Blooms#Blue Jays#Bluebirds#Bohemian Waxwing#Cooper&039;s Hawk#owls#Robins#Tufted Titmouse#White-Breasted Nuthatch#winter birds
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Cooper's Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
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Favorite Bird Photos of September '24
“Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches. From Your lofty abode You water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.” Psalm 104:12-13 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Bluebird (fledgling) Eastern Bluebird Brown-headed Nuthatch Black & White Warbler Ruby-throated Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Cape May Warbler American…
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#American Redstart#bird photography#Birdwatching#black and white warbler#brownheaded nuthatch#butterflies#cape may warbler#cooper&039;s hawk#eastern bluebird#gulf fritillary#hawks#hummingbirds#migratory birds#North Carolina#nuthatches#raptors#red-whouldered hawk#ruby-throated hummingbird#scarlet tanager#warblers#yellowbilled cuckoo
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The Black Phone (15): Blumhouse deliver an excellent little 'IT' horror.
#onemannsmovies review of "The Black Phone" (2022). A perfectly plotted Blumhouse horror that delivers genuine entertainment. 4/5.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Black Phone” (2022). “The Black Phone” doesn’t particularly try to cut any new cinematic ground. It has the child-abduction elements of “It“. The cellar-based entrapment angles of “10 Cloverfield Lane“. And the supernatural elements of “The Sixth Sense” (and numerous other horror flicks). But what it does, it does very well indeed. Bob the Movie Man…
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My Cincinnati Foodie Adventure
At the end of July Connie and I took a road trip to Cincinnati. She only stayed a couple of days but I hung around for an extra week and took an early morning flight back to Chicago. This doesn’t include all of our “meals”, but it does give you an idea of what epicurean delights are available in that part of the world. Happy Wok – Rockford, IL Instead of stopping for dinner, my co-pilot picked…
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#Bearcats#Cincinnati#Cincinnati Museum Center#Cincinnati Zoo#Clifton#Cooper&039;s Hawk Winery#Findley Market#Foodie#Frisch&039;s#Graeter&039;s#Holocaust#Homemade#LaRosa&039;s#Phò Lang Thang#Road Trip#Skyline Chili#Tano Bistro#Union Terminal#University of Cincinnati
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“There’s a hawk in the backyard,” my wife hollered from the other end of the house. I rushed to where she was. The bird was on the ground near the line of evergreens that divide our yard from a neighbor’s.
It was the neighborhood Cooper’s hawk. I had seen it before swooping low over homes in search of its favorite target, songbirds that frequented backyard feeders. I had briefly seen it in our backyard before.
The hawk’s blood-red eyes shown even from that distance without my binoculars. It was too big for another similar accipiter, the stealth sharp-shinned hawk. This beautiful Cooper’s had made a kill and was ripping it apart with its sharp, hooked bill.
I hurried to retrieve both my binoculars and my camera to watch the unfolding drama. I need not have rushed. The hawk remained in the same spot undisturbed, devouring its catch for nearly an hour.
At first, I thought the Cooper’s had captured one of the many grey squirrels that frequent our yard in search of food or to drink from the birdbaths placed around the exterior of the house. As soon as I lifted the binoculars to my eyes, I knew it wasn’t a squirrel.
I could see feathers scattered on the ground around the hawk. It had captured one of the mourning doves that come to the feeders or roost in our trees.
I wasn’t sad, nor did I think the scene gruesome. Neva and I had witnessed the balance of nature in progress, “survival of the fittest,” as some refer to it. Just as the dove needed food, water, and shelter, so did the hawk. In this case, the dove was at the wrong end of the food chain.
Empath that I am, I felt a little sorry for the poor mourning dove, but not that sorry. After all, the Cooper’s hawk needed to eat, too. That’s the way of nature.
I try to not get too attached to birds and other wildlife that I encounter. Instead, I just try to enjoy them and their various antics. Each one seems to have a personality all its own, behaviors that set it apart from others of the same species. The riotous European starlings might be the exception to that observation.
I marvel at how nature unfolds, sometimes at her own expense. Once, while watching sandhill cranes walk toward me in Florida, I heard a commotion behind me. A bald eagle had snatched an American coot from a channel. The eagle landed in a large tree where black feathers flew as the eagle ripped apart its breakfast.
Songbirds like this Indigo Bunting devour weed seeds.
It’s important to remember the big picture when it comes to nature. Where would we be if birds didn’t eat insects or weed seeds or other animals? That alone is reason enough for humans to take better care of planet earth.
I watched the Cooper’s hawk off and on for the duration of its dining. It ate judiciously, pausing every now to check its surroundings. It would return to its meal, pulling sinew, flesh, and bones from the carnage.
After it flew off, I went out to inspect the crime scene. All that remained of the mourning dove were two circles of feathers. One fanned out where the dove was snagged, and the other only inches away from where the hawk dined. The hawk had eaten every other part of its victim.
That is the way nature works. It is a joy and an honor to admire her at each opportunity that she affords.
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© Bruce Stambaugh 2020 The best time to enjoy nature is now “There’s a hawk in the backyard,” my wife hollered from the other end of the house. I rushed to where she was.
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Slacking off never pays
Enjoy! A few pretty pictures this week!
21 November, 2021 Slacking off never pays Somebody probably told me that in kindergarten or first grade, second grade at the latest. I’ve been told that in some form or other for the past half century-ish. You can teach an old dog new tricks, but I still haven’t learned that slacking off never pays. Here is a selection of the pictures that have piled up in the six weeks (!) since my most…
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#accipiter#Bald eagle#belted kingfisher#cooper&039;s hawk#Northern mockingbird#phoebe#Red-tailed hawks#white squirrel#whitetail deer
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