Immature Red-tailed Hawk to Rural American Life

                                                    Immature Red-tailed Hawk in Flight

                                               Immature Red-tailed Hawk with His Mouse

                                               Immature Red-tailed Hawk with Take-Out

                                                       Immature Red-tailed Hawk

                                                                      Ditto

                                                               Ditto, in Flight

                                                                         Ditto

                                                                          Ditto

                                                                          Ditto

                                                               "A Star is Born"

                                                  First Time I Ever Saw a Real Buffalo!

                                                                     Clydesdale

                                                                     Peacock

                                                                Youthful Pea Bird

                                                                     Pea Hen

                                                                     Pea Fowl

                                                          "The Lovely Couple"

Clear/83 degrees/15 mph winds/between late afternoon and evening

As you can see, today was a wonderful day.  My friend, Jeannie, took me to places that I had never seen before after we stopped at Boomer Lake and got several shots of yesterday's immature Red-tailed Hawk that I spotted yesterday.  Yes, indeed, life is very good!

                                               Immature Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Flight

                                                      Mallard Pair(Eclipsed Drake on left)

                                                         Immature Red-tailed Hawk

                                                 Another Day Draws to an End

Light and Variable Winds/83 degrees/Early to mid-Evening/Clear Skies

It was spectacular to see a young red-tail, and gave me encouragement to keep plodding on for additional discoveries.  There were several nice shots of European Starlings, but sadly, they were all on the power lines.  The only reason that I captured the red-tail where it was, was because I had no other option.  However, tomorrow is another day...

                                                              Northern Cardinal

                                                              Great Blue Heron

                                                                 Great Egret

These pictures were from today(last two) and yesterday.  I observed six Great Egrets on the southern jetty at Boomer Lake, all gathering like a group of kin.  Today was 73 degrees during late afternoon, with a slight breeze.  It was still a little humid, and the young birds(immatures from this year) are most of the migratories left now.  They will have good weather over the next few days, much cooler, and that will begin to tell them that it is getting to be time to leave.

                                                             Northern Cardinal

                                                                       Ditto

                                                     Great Egret "On Top of the World"

                                                          Mallard Drake Stretching

                                                               Tawny Emperor

                                                     Great Egret "Hop, Skip, and a Jump"

 
                                                    Great Blue Heron "Balancing 101"

Mostly Cloudy, 73 - 83 degrees, late morning, light and variable winds

I was unable to get out much over the weekend, so hopefully, these will have made up for it.

Photographs from Latter Half of May 2013

                                 

                                                              Canada Goslings

                                                            Ditto, "I've Got a Secret"

                                                     Ditto, "Hopelessly Devoted to You"

                                                      Deer From Northern Reaches

                                                         Yellow-crowned Night Heron

                                                        Mother Mallard with Her Brood

                                                         Male Blue-winged Teal

                                                         Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

                                                        Fledgling Northern Starlings

                                                              Mallard Ducking

                                                               Spotted Sandpiper

                                                         Downy Woodpecker

                                                 American Robin, "Shake, Baby, Shake!"
                                                 
                                                     Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin

                                               Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Flight

                                                 
                                                Great Blue Heron, "Catch of the Day"

                                                Northern Mockingbird Wing-Flashing

                                                                     Ditto