Last Sunday’s (January 20th) jaunt around the Creston Flats produced a possible (now confirmed) Harlan’s Hawk near Wynndel. But, there were other interesting things to see. Some of the pictures below were taken by Derek Kite, some by me.
The first half-dozen images show predators; the rest show vegetarians.
Derek managed the best action shots. Here is another of his Red-tailed Hawks in flight.
and one I took of the Red-tailed Hawk on its favourite local perch: the crossbar of a utility pole.
Derek caught a kestrel in flight,
and a coyote hunting (for voles) in a field.
This is my sub-adult Bald Eagle hunting beside a river,
and a Northern Shrike hunting from a power wire.
A Eurasian Collared Dove seems to have just been resting on a wire as it normally eats seeds.
Finally, a pair of Horned Larks were scouring by the side of the road. First the female,
then the male.
Derek Kite’s images are used with permission.