Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Enraptured with Raptors and a shore bird in a bare tree.


I have learned to pay attention to the crows when I take my walks in the park. If they are squawking and wheeling and dive bombing, then some sort of interesting critter is present. Sometimes it is Wile E Coyote, looking rather miffed that his stealthy cover has been blown buy the annoyingly loud birds.

Toady it was a snowy egret, sitting in the top of a tree! I didn't know they could sit in tress...don't know why it never occurred to me ,but it didn't.


Here it is with one of its exuberant heralds...



better angle.


Across the park, a second group of crows was diving at an oak tree, such behavior I have learned means raptor...usually a hawk, and it was...



Ah, the paparazzi


 
These crows are driving me nuts, would you leave already so I can fly???

and that is what he did when I started to walk away with the squawking crows following in his wake.






3 comments:

  1. amazingly wonderful pictures! Crows make great watch dogs.

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    1. I was Lucky it was such a well mannered bird....I like crows...I love to watch them play in the wind.

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  2. You and your new camera are doing well together!! We have ravens here. The Raven Lovin' days are the windiest....

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