Swung through Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo NY yesterday to see if any strange ducks had landed in the creek. Nothing too far out of the ordinary. Greater Scaup, Bufflehead hen, Common, and Red-breasted Mergansers were the odd ducks out, so to speak. I saw my favorite juvenile Red-tailed Hawk try to land on a Squirrel and miss miserably. I only had enough time to snap one quick picture of it over the snow mound before it flew off in shame. The highlight of my trip was a little Sharp-shinned Hawk that flew in just as I was leaving and used the creek to take a bath. I've never seen a hawk do this in person so it was pretty cool. I was standing right over it on a bridge as it played around in the water and it really could't care less that I was there. Pretty awesome.
Rick BacherI like murderous birds and the things they kill. Archives
August 2015
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