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Red-tailed Hawk chicks on the nest; adult brings in food.
More video of the Red-tailed Hawk chicks on the nest; an adult flies in and drops off lunch.
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Red-tailed Hawk nest
Here are several photos and some video of the Red-tailed Hawk nest and chicks I’ve been watching since May 22, 2023
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Bushtit
New species, Bushtit. After hummingbirds, the Sierra’s smallest bird. Usually found in flocks and they build hanging nests. This one is a female; note the white eye. Photographed in nearly the same location as the Yellow-breasted Chat (see previous post).
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Yellow-breasted Chat
New species #7 for 2023, Yellow-breasted Chat. Also: Cedar Waxwing and Common Merganser. Photos taken on Spanish Creek near Gansner Park, Quincy, CA
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Two weeks worth
Out and about, varying locations, April 30 – May 14
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
NEW SPECIES, fifth for 2023; Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus. Dellinger’s Pond, Quincy, CA. Photographed 29 April 2023. And a couple of others, not new but first-of-season for me.
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On the bike path
Bullock’s Oriole, with video.
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A Shy Bird
The Sora, Porzana carolina, with its “candy corn” bill and stubby chicken-like tail, is an elusive bird with a very provocative call. Here’s a video in which you can hear the bird but you can’t see it even though it is just inside the willow thickets; plus some still frames which I was lucky to…
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Townsend’s Solitaire
NEW SPECIES yet again, 2023 is looking good. Townsend’s Solitaire, along with Yellow-rumped Warbler, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Acorn Woodpecker.
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New Species #141; 3rd new species for 2023; Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal: my third new bird species for 2023, bringing my total up to 141 species sighted and photographed.