Posts Tagged ‘Northern Mockingbird’

What’s he looking at? by , Ranger

February 2nd, 2011

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The Owl and the Mockingbird (and the Hawk) by , Ranger

January 6th, 2011

About 11 AM on Wednesday (1/5/11) Facilities Tech, Al Gustafson spotted a Northern Mockingbird harassing a Barred Owl in a small pine tree 30 feet or so from the east entrance to the Farm Yard. Al radioed me, and I was able to get a dozen or more photos of the bird. And, many Museum visitors [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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Red tails, Red breasts, and a Nervous NOMO by , Ranger

February 26th, 2010

As a follow-up to the Spring? posting of February 25th regarding the questions on the Red-tailed Hawks: A few hours after posting the above, I was out in Catch the Wind and observed a pair of Red-tailed Hawks performing their aerial courtship flight. I didn’t get the whole sequence of events on film (digital), and [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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A Change is Coming by , Ranger

March 31st, 2009

A pair of Hooded Mergansers are still swimming and fishing in the Wetlands. It’ll be interesting to see how long they hang around. Last spring, they had departed by the third week of March. Red-shouldered Hawks have been putting on quite a show recently. After reporting that I had seen a Red-shouldered Hawk hunting in [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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There’s Always the Birds… by , Ranger

January 31st, 2009

With the low temperatures of the 15th-18th of this month, the Wetlands iced over enough to force the Hooded Mergansers to take flight and seek bigger water where they could swim and dive for fish. One merganser returned on January 24 and four were in attendance on the 29th of the month. Canada Geese remained [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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