Saturday, January 31, 2009
This juvenile Red-tailed Hawk was sitting on a telephone wire during the snowstorm we had three days ago. Red-tails don’t get red tails till they become adults. I’d like to thank my friends Eric from Your Connection To Nature, Janine from Sweetbriar, and Sue from Four Harbors Audubon Society for helping me identify this guy. That tail was throwing me. JK
Saturday, January 24, 2009
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
I came across this eight-pointer while tramping through the woods of Nissequogue two weeks ago. He did not seem to be bothered with my presence at all. He clearly saw me as I was taking pictures but never gave me a foot stomp or a good old-fashioned nose snort, which is what White-tailed Deer will do to show their displeasure with human company. I got to watch him for about twenty minutes as he walked around. I took these two shots as he entered a clearing. JK
Sunday, January 11, 2009
This Northern Cardinal is peering at me through a maze of branches. JK
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
This male Downy Woodpecker is doing the woodpecker thing. At this angle you can see the red patch at the back of his head. The female lacks this ornamentation. JK