Spring Birdwatching
You wouldn't know it's spring around here! We had two days of snow fall after a few days of nice weather. I had two good walks on the weekend and saw the usual suspects for my part of the world--crows, sparrows, Canada geese, starlings, magpies, house finches--but I did see my first robin of spring! That was quite exciting. I also spotted the return of one of our resident raptors. I think it's a sharp shinned hawk, but it was so fast. The only way I knew about was the distinctive eee eee eee call.
Today I was shovelling the snow for ourselves and our neighbours when I noticed the magpies making a fuss. This time I could confirm it was a sharp shinned hawk as it was close by and didn't move. The magpies were trying to shoo it away but they lost their daring after a while. A second hawk joined the first and out of nowhere came a crow!
I'm working from home now so I'm more excited about getting up early to birdwatch than take the bus :-)
Today I was shovelling the snow for ourselves and our neighbours when I noticed the magpies making a fuss. This time I could confirm it was a sharp shinned hawk as it was close by and didn't move. The magpies were trying to shoo it away but they lost their daring after a while. A second hawk joined the first and out of nowhere came a crow!
I'm working from home now so I'm more excited about getting up early to birdwatch than take the bus :-)