[Leica] another walk in the park

[Jim Nichols]

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.
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> After a cold front moved through last night the air was rather cold
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/cervidae/odocoileus/hemionus/odohem14.html
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> 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
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/buteo/lineatus/butlin16.html
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> An Acorn Woodpecker is remodeling an older nest cavity
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor17.html
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> 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
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut12.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut13.html
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> All comments are welcome.
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> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA