Birds

* Birds Great Egret

Another Postcard

February 23, 2020February 14, 2020 Marty Nicolaus Ardea alba

As if posing for a postcard, this Great Egret stalked the hill on the northwest corner of the park, with

* Birds Great Egret Snowy Egret

Egrets Fishing

February 22, 2020February 15, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 0 Comments Ardea alba, Egretta thula, James Kusz

Each of the two egret species we see most commonly in the park — the Great and the Snowy —

* Birds Greater Yellowlegs

From Mosquito Bogs

February 21, 2020February 16, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 0 Comments Tringa melanoleuca

Want to keep your mating and child-rearing habits private, screened from prying eyes? The Greater Yellowlegs knows how. It mates

* Birds Burrowing Owl

Owl Sunset

February 20, 2020February 16, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 1 Comment Athene cunicularia

The Burrowing Owl in the nature area on the north side of the park has the sun behind it when

* Birds White-tailed Kite

Kite in Moon

February 19, 2020February 12, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 0 Comments Elanus leucurus

Sometimes birds that want their portraits made will not only sit still, they’ll pose against an attractive background. This White-tailed

* Birds Burrowing Owl

Burrowing Owl Lit Roundup

February 18, 2020February 16, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 0 Comments Athene cunicularia

Burrowing Owls continue to fascinate photographers, birders, environmentalists, and scientists. Here’s a roundup of some recent (and some older) Burrowing

* American Crow Birds Red-tailed Hawk

Crows v. Hawk

February 17, 2020February 15, 2020 Marty Nicolaus Buteo jamaicensis, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Phil Rowntree

Photographer Phil Rowntree shot these images of a Red-tailed Hawk, first sitting placidly on a tree, then being chased by

* Birds Burrowing Owl Ground Squirrel Mammals

Owl v. Squirrels

February 16, 2020February 15, 2020 Marty Nicolaus Athene cunicularia, Otospermophilus beecheyi

The Burrowing Owl on the north side is a feisty creature. We saw it back off a marauding Cooper’s Hawk

* Birds Mammals Vole White-tailed Kite

Bird’s Gotta Eat

February 15, 2020February 17, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 1 Comment Elanus leucurus

Warning: Graphic Images of Bird Devouring Mouse Perched atop the corner tree in the hotel parking lot, this White-tailed Kite

* Birds Red-tailed Hawk

Soaring Red-Tail

February 13, 2020February 4, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 0 Comments Buteo jamaicensis

The stiff northerly breeze was just fine for this Red-tailed Hawk, as for a half-dozen gulls that kept a careful

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