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Same banded female American Kestrel on the same tree a few days apart. She’s still in the territory of this nesting pair: Who are still pretty busy… Speaking of copulating falcons, the 55 Water Street pair of Peregrines went at it the other day when I happened to tune into the falconcam. (Note: there are…

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A couple of weeks ago I saw a crow in this crotch of a tree. The next thing I noticed was that the crotch was filled with sticks. Days passed. Once, when I was going by without a camera (it happens), I saw a crow perched near the nest. Then on March 30th, I managed…

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Groundhog. Woodchuck. Whistlepig. Marmota monax.

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One, two, three, four… was it five? Black-capped Chickadees bathed one after another at this leafy backwater of Valley Water recently.

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After two weeks without a Cooper’s Hawk sighting, this one on March 22nd. There has been some local breeding of Coopers in the last few years, but most of our winter birds head elsewhere during the breeding season. This female American Kestrel was not as pleased by the sighting as I was. This is Kestrel…

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Another Osprey flyby at Valley Water. This time the bird didn’t even circle, just dropped into a steep dive… And scored! Looks like the prey this time is an Amur Carp. This bird is also banded, maybe the same one? Anyway, the Osprey(s) are sure working on the invasive species problem… This passing Red-tailed Hawk…

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First I spot the male in his usual hunting grounds. It was kind of cool for lizards, but… The female showed up calling for action. Remarkably quickly, the male delivered her a lizard. I didn’t. couldn’t, see him catch it, and wonder, actually, if he had it cached somewhere. I lost sight of both birds…

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