Hawk "Eye"

I'm that guy that carries his camera with him while driving around and pulls over if he sees something. Today it was this Red-tailed Hawk.  It was facing away from the street in a church parking lot.  It was late in the day so I wanted to get the sun on it for a better picture and of course that was not the way it was facing.  So I leaned out of my car and started whistling and saying "hey"...and this is the look I got...

Happy 20th Birthday to my nephew Jon!

Twenty is a nice milestone in life...no longer a teenager.  Very proud of him and excited about his future.  He is a faithful reader of my blog and helps me with identifications.

One of my favorite pictures...

 

Happy Groundhog Day

My annual post.  My favorite mammal as a kid.  I've posted pictures in years past that I was fortunate enough to take.  This year, here is a book I checked out of my elementary school library more times than I can count...(written by Dorothy Lothrop Brown in 1933).

Just Another Day in the Neighborhood...

I was looking out the back window late yesterday afternoon and saw these two White-tail bucks going at it.  There were some does over a bit while this was going on.  Russ was safely in the other room so I quickly grabbed the camera and started shooting.  It's pretty wild to see in person especially in our back yard...



Catching up on deer pics (November to Jan)

I'm behind on posting.  Here's a mix of my pictures and mostly trailcam shots including me leaving it on the ground overnight.  Some nice close-ups of antlers...



Early returns from the feeder

We've had some sunny days when I've been home so it was time to put the feeder out finally.  We got snow today which could drive more activity once I put it back out but these are from the last week or so.  It was pretty quiet.  I saw Black-capped Chickadees but mostly my reliable White-breasted Nuthatches who don't mind me behind the tree 10 feet away...



Final update on Red-shouldered Hawk