While they were working,
Diane told Tim about the great black hawk in Deering Park, so on our way out of town we stopped there, thinking
we wouldn’t even getting a parking spot, but we did, and even before we turned
into the park proper I told Tim I saw something the size of a turkey standing
on the ground by a tree, and sure enough there were birders all around it, keeping
respectful distance, of course, and we only had to get out and park and set up
our scope—on the other side of the bird from the bulk of birders—and we could
watch this rarity from Central/South America tear apart his meal of squirrel.
Oh this makes me happy too! Lovely bird.
ReplyDeleteI mean... poor squirrel.
ReplyDeleteYup. And what a year for squirrels. Between all-you-can-eat and the reported fact that the bird's molting, I think he'll hang out for awhile.
DeleteWow! I'm glad you saw this. We have a calliope hummingbird nearby (within a 45 minute drive) and I cannot be bothered to hop in the car and see it. We have snow buntings even closer and I'm not motivated to see those either.
ReplyDeleteA calliope hummingbird! Wow!
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