Search This Blog

Followers

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Hawk in Tree

1st 5: after much agonizing I'm going with Cooper's Hawk
Having just turned right off our street I saw a hawk fly up into a neighbor's tree; I was able to get some fairly decent photos of the raptor.  Pretty sure it's a Cooper's Hawk.  Finished our drive out to the trailhead and did our regular route.  We heard somebody on a dirt bike while we were out there, but we saw no one in our section of northern Chihuahuan Desert.  The weather was bearable:  hot and humid, but with a somewhat consistent breeze.





Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard

Looking up the arroyo we just came down

Willow hearing something

Down the middle branch arroyo

Looking north at Tortugas Mountain from the right branch

 

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

Gorgeous photos of the majestic Cooper's Hawk.

Sprinkled On

Start of hike Slight delay for Dr. K, Willow and me before we got started this morning; it was raining lightly.  It rained again while we we...