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The red-shouldered and red-tailed are the right size but the one in the yard didn't have those pretty colors. The pic is a swainson's and that may not be what it was but the color is closest. It was enjoying whatever it had in its talons. May never see another one. But I'm still watching for herons!
Holy cow! You don't realize how hard those things can hit. I'm glad you're ok.
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Originally Posted by taigagirl
That's scary, uggabugga....glad you were nowwhere near it, when it fell...
thanks. good thing i didn't know about that branch until sunday morning, or i would have gotten even less sleep than i did.
there are tons of green acorns that got knocked to the ground, i wonder if the squirrels will eat them.
Looked like an immature red-shouldered to me...they do not yet have the obvious red-shouldered wings...
Swainson's is a buteo like the red-shouldered, but it occurs only rarely away from the west coast, so you might have a mystery bird....
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Originally Posted by Kitty_FL
The red-shouldered and red-tailed are the right size but the one in the yard didn't have those pretty colors. The pic is a swainson's and that may not be what it was but the color is closest. It was enjoying whatever it had in its talons. May never see another one. But I'm still watching for herons!
a group of wood storks, about 12-15 ....just standing around... like they were chatting, or at a cocktail party no one was feeding..maybe just a rest.
They remain on the endangered list (since 1984) although they are under a 12 month review to see if they can move to the "threatened" category.
I like your cocktail party descriptionwonder what their discussion was about?
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