More video of the Red-tailed Hawk chicks on the nest; an adult flies in and drops off lunch.

Here are several photos and some video of the Red-tailed Hawk nest and chicks I’ve been watching since May 22, 2023

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).

New species #7 for 2023, Yellow-breasted Chat. Also: Cedar Waxwing and Common Merganser. Photos taken on Spanish Creek near Gansner Park, Quincy, CA

Out and about, varying locations, April 30 – May 14

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.

Bullock’s Oriole, with video.

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…

NEW SPECIES yet again, 2023 is looking good. Townsend’s Solitaire, along with Yellow-rumped Warbler, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Acorn Woodpecker.

Blue-winged Teal: my third new bird species for 2023, bringing my total up to 141 species sighted and photographed.