Yesterday we got to go up to Hawk Ridge. This was my third year going up
there - it is one of the top raptor migration spots in North America
and if you hit on the right day you can see thousands and thousands of
raptors. Keeping with the bad weather theme this week, the conditions
were less than ideal yesterday. It was cold and rainy but we did manage
to see a couple birds.
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| All 3 species of accipter - Goshawk, coopers and sharp-shinned |
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| The view from the ridge |
Despite the weather, we saw a fair number of species. My favorite was Merlin that came in and dive bombed a plastic owl. We also saw: goshwak, broad winged hawks, sharp-shinned hawks, coopers hawks, osprey, merlin, and american kestrels. Not too shabby. I even got to release a sharp-shinned!
After the ridge, we headed over to Delilah's house. She is currently living at the house of a wildlife rehabber and should be moving to the Audubon Center in the next couple weeks to start her life as an education animal.
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| Delilah having a snack |
Yep, this is my job. What a great way to spend a work day!! :)
hey that's a cute squirrel! from audrey
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