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I love these photos! I wish I had THAT camera and lens!
I looked them up in Audubon and discovered they only frequent the northwestern region of Alaska, and they are 20 cm taller, and 10 cm wider than our Bald Eagle.
I live in the high desert of NM and have a large goldfish pond that attracts all sorts of widlife. I also have bird feeders out. One of my neighbors is a Red Shouldered Hawk who very blatently patrols my yard. I just watched make an unsuccessful raid on my bird feeders. He is well fed but I wonder if he has a vision problem. He'll sit on my water barrel about three feet from one of my bird feeders and wait for birds to show up. Of course, they never do while he's there. This time he was hiding under an ephedra bush watching the feeders....about 15 feet away. The feeders were busy with about 20 birds all fussing and jockeying for access and they didn't see him under the bush. When he finally decided to make his move he had to struggle to get airborne from ground level next to the bush and then was so close to the feeders that it was a pretty clumsy effort and all the birds got away. He must be getting some birds at the feeder but I've not seen him do it. I have bunches of doves that are probably easier to get.
I saw a beaver dead on the edge of the road. Don't think I've seen a roadkill of one of those before. A pond was right near the road, too. Beaver shoulda stayed there.
I saw a beaver dead on the edge of the road. Don't think I've seen a roadkill of one of those before. A pond was right near the road, too. Beaver shoulda stayed there.
I saw a squirrel walk across the roof of my porch with what looked like a good-sized chunk of hamburger bun in his mouth. He leaned over the edge of the roof and tucked it inside part of the trim of the porch.
That must be a better hiding place than burying his snacks.
There was a large bird in one of our trees today. We took pictures and looked it up. Turns out it was a grouse, sometimes referred to as a partridge. Almost impossible to believe, but we had a real live partridge in our pear tree. Not a joke - really happened.
There was a large bird in one of our trees today. We took pictures and looked it up. Turns out it was a grouse, sometimes referred to as a partridge. Almost impossible to believe, but we had a real live partridge in our pear tree. Not a joke - really happened.
Watch for today's turtle doves!
After days of no sightings outside of the usual backyard visitors (chickadees, robins, crows, and dark-eyed juncos) we went on a nature walk yesterday and saw some birds we haven't seen in awhile:
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Beaver shoulda stayed there.
Sorry.
Good one, B. 
