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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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Morning Surprise

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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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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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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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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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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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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. 

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Cooper's Hawk

Cooper’s Hawk

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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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“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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Cooper’s Hawk - December 2017

Cooper’s Hawk – December 2017

With the first blanket of snowfall in the backyard, I made sure there were plenty of mixed seeds out for the Dark-eyed Juncos, Blue Jay’s, and others that will be hanging out this winter. After a loud jeering call from a Blue Jay, I spotted a hawk making a dive at the feeders, a near miss. He perched in a nearby tree waiting for another attempt. This is the Cooper’s Hawk, found widely in North…

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Our Wedding: The Menu

Our Wedding: The Menu

The menu we finalized for our elegant Tuscan Winter Wedding at Cooper’s Hawk Winery and Restaurant was just exquisite. Everything from the table design to the exact timing of serving the dishes, they followed our orders to the T. The team over at the winery went above and beyond to meet our expectations. We will forever be grateful to their hard work, especially Kai. He’s amazing! We couldn’t…

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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…