Snowy In Snow
Snowy Owls continue in the area. This afternoon, I got to photograph one in the snow. White on White, what a delight to photograph.
Category: Extralimital
On Vacation
I’m watching mammals and rocks this week in Glacier National Park. I’ll be back to hawk watching early next week.
Big Sur California Condors
I’ve just gotten back from a week long visit to California, which included a trip down Highway 1 from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Along the way was a stop in Big Sur, and a chance to see some of the California Condors there.
For details about the hawk tagged 51, see www.mycondor.org.
More Florida Photos
A group of Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks were a new species for my life list seen at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands (Delray Beach, Palm Beach County).
Florida Barred Owls
Florida has lots of great birds in areas around its water treatment/water control ponds. Close to the main entrance to Everglades National Park, are two small hammocks of trees near a Storm Control/Water Management area. The local birders call them the Lucky Hammock and The Annex on ebird.org.
At The Annex there were a pair of Barred Owls. One perched on a powerline just after flyout and I got to watch the owl on two separate evenings for only a minute each night.
Who would have thought it was easier to owl watch in Central Park?
Purple Gallinule
I spent a few days in the Everglades over the Christmas/New Year’s break. I managed to got a close up look at a Purple Gallinule, which is a new bird for my life list while on vacation.
The video is very shaky as there were high winds, but it shows the typical Purple Gallinute behavior of wading in Water Lillies. The photographs show the Purple Gallinule climbing a small bush to eat flowers. This was a special treat as it allowed me to see the whole bird including its large feet!
