Alta Plaza
This bird was deeply important to me. I have dear friends now that I wouldn't have met without her, and a range of singular experiences and memories that only months spent with a wild bird can offer. She had a good six years and I'm glad she lived her last days in a beautiful California valley and likely died of natural not human causes. Fly on Patch... fly on.
Find out more about her here: KITUNDU.COM/PATCH
Sorry for the lull in my posting. Life is like that sometimes. BLW will be back up to speed soon... but the break is a good thing for now. Please feel free to root around and check out past posts, or pay a visit to the talented folks in the list on the right.
P.S. this is the 300th BIRD LIGHT WIND post in the last 14 months.
A young Red-tailed Hawk suns her wings on a favorite perch, the cross of a church overlooking the gopher-strewn terraces of Alta Plaza Park.
Brewer's Blackbirds can be very aggressive when a predator is in their midst.
Here the Redtail was hunting a bit too close to a nesting colony of blackbirds and they escorted it out of the area.
They often have good reason to be cautious around Red-tailed Hawks.