Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Red-Shouldered Hawk is beautiful! On 3/11/21 11:16 PM, Douglas Herr via LUG wrote: > Today I returned to the floodplain I had visited a couple of days ago. > The thing than is certain about a visit to this park is very little is > certain. > > After a cold front moved through last night the air was rather cold > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/cervidae/odocoileus/hemionus/odohem14.html > > A pair of Red-shouldered Hawks is showing signs of re-using last year's > nest. Typical of raptors in the Buteo genus it can be observed flying > overhead but it's more at home in a forested environment than others of > its genus > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/buteo/lineatus/butlin16.html > > An Acorn Woodpecker is remodeling an older nest cavity > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor17.html > > I found the sapsucker near the tree it had been foraging in two days ago > but today it was less accommodating. OTOH a female Nuttall's Woodpecker > found the sapsucker's sap wells and was enjoying a free lunch > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut12.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut13.html > > All comments are welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA