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Subject: [Leica] another walk in the park
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 23:37:46 -0600
References: <1867214851.8611.1615526204498@wamui-ovcar.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

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
>
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-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



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