Juvenile Carolina Chickadee
Ditto, View 2
Both Juvenile Males Fighting
Ditto, View 2
One Carolina Chickadee Recovering
From the Battle
From the Battle
Immature Cooper's Hawk
Juvenile American Kestrel
Juvenile Northern Goshawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Juvenile Northern Cardinal
Lincoln's Sparrow
Brown Thrasher
09-15 through 09-30-18
This material is the second half of September, which started out with an interesting chain of events with juvenile Carolina Chickadees. The group came to Heron Cove while I was there, comprised of two males and two females, possibly a family unit.
The males were both singing on their perches, then began fighting on the ground. It appeared that the juvenile males were feeling their oats and showing off. Getting closer to them for photos netted these
and it appeared necessary to end the battle, as it lasted between five and ten minutes. It was feared that one was going to kill the other bird. One bird was photographed tending to his soaking wet disheveled state.
On 09-22, a group of us went to a get together for hawk trapping at Great Salt Plains State Park and these were some of the beautiful falconry birds on display. One of the Red-tails had been caught, along with a couple of Peregrine Falcons that were not there on that date.
We finished up with the earlier photos, which included a late hatch Northern Cardinal. There is at least one more in a second nest. Later discovered was the Lincoln's Sparrow pictured above and a lovely Brown Thrasher.
This material is the second half of September, which started out with an interesting chain of events with juvenile Carolina Chickadees. The group came to Heron Cove while I was there, comprised of two males and two females, possibly a family unit.
The males were both singing on their perches, then began fighting on the ground. It appeared that the juvenile males were feeling their oats and showing off. Getting closer to them for photos netted these
and it appeared necessary to end the battle, as it lasted between five and ten minutes. It was feared that one was going to kill the other bird. One bird was photographed tending to his soaking wet disheveled state.
On 09-22, a group of us went to a get together for hawk trapping at Great Salt Plains State Park and these were some of the beautiful falconry birds on display. One of the Red-tails had been caught, along with a couple of Peregrine Falcons that were not there on that date.
We finished up with the earlier photos, which included a late hatch Northern Cardinal. There is at least one more in a second nest. Later discovered was the Lincoln's Sparrow pictured above and a lovely Brown Thrasher.
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