Red-tailed Hawk in the Sky at the Bluffs: Nov. 9, 2022

Red-tailed Hawks are found all over North America, the Caribbean and into Mexico. This is partly because of their adaptability to just about any type of open habitat. This includes desert, scrublands, grasslands, roadsides, fields and pastures, parks, broken woodland, and (in Mexico) tropical rainforest. (allaboutbirds)

We had a close fly-by by one this morning.

Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

Other birds:

Ring-billed Gull
American Robin
Rock Pigeons
Mallards
Canada Geese
Hairy Woodpecker
Rock Pigeon
Red-bellied Woodpecker (male)
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker (male)

Some botany:

Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra)
Spindletree (Euonymus europaea) also called Burning Bush
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Spindletree (Euonymus europaea) also called Burning Bush
Marginal Fern
Stickseed (Hackelia deflexa)
White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
Basswood (Tilia americana)
Red-osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
Spindletree (Euonymus europaea) also called Burning Bush
Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo)
Queen Anne’s-lace (Daucus carota)
Magnolia
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)

Today’s group:

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NATURE POETRY

The small red maple leaves, keen-scented, mute,
Here fleck the stream, to grape-dark purple hushed.   – Bliss Carman (1861–1929)

Miles Hearn

2 thoughts on “Red-tailed Hawk in the Sky at the Bluffs: Nov. 9, 2022

  1. Sophie

    Loved this morning’s pics; brought a smile while i had my coffee. Woodpeckers are one of my favourite birds. Been a long time since i heard the tap tap tap. Thank you.

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  2. Domenica Ganguli

    Hi Miles.

    What was the name of the tree that we saw the robin at the end of our Bluff park walk on Thursday?

    Reply

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