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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Aviators Today

1st 2:  Swainson's Hawk atop scarecrow head
It was a pleasant morning for our daily hike.  Midway down the LDR-A arroyo Dr. K called my attention to the Swainson's Hawk sitting atop a yucca just east of us.  Not only did I get a few decent photos of the raptor, but we got to see it expel a projectile crap.  I actually went over a bit later to see if I could find the scat, to no avail.  It was a good day for bird photography.


Same Swainson's Hawk

Yucca monster from the east

Swath of green

Wils in ancient Soaptree shadow

Swainson's Hawk

This & next:  same Black-chinned Hummingbird


A female Scott's Oriole
 

Western Kingbird chased by another

Western Kingbird

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1 comment:

Dr. K said...

Beautiful images of the birds we were lucky to see today. My favorite is the one where the Kingbird is chasing another Kingbird.

June 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM

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