This hawk swooped down from a tree on Hole 9, trying to catch a squirrel. It came up empty-taloned.
August 17, 2020 – Hawk on Bent Tree Golf Course
A Swoop and a Miss
Tag Archives: birds
Hole 9 Hawks
July 6, 2020 – Two hawks on Hole 9, Bent Tree Golf Course
Just a Glimpse
Several Scarlet Tanagers have been flitting around the trees in our yard over the last week or so. They’ve been so quick that the photo below is the best snapshot I could get. Click here for a post from 2013 that has some better tanager photos.
May 9, 2020 – male Scarlet Tanager in Bent Tree
Sunbathing Bluebird
This bluebird splayed out in the sunshine for about 15 seconds, then flew away. Click here for a similar post about a blue jay.
May 2, 2020 – Bluebird sunbathing in Bent Tree
Blue Sky and a Black Vulture
April 20, 2020 – Black Vulture in Bent Tree
A Rainy Day Hawk
This hawk sat on a tree limb, in our backyard, for well over an hour yesterday afternoon. Click here for a post from last summer that also shows a hawk that didn’t seem to mind the rain.
February 18, 2020 – hawk on a rainy day in Bent Tree (click photo to zoom)
Black Vulture
This black vulture was hanging out in a tree at Bent Tree’s Saddle Club Horse Park.
December 26, 2019 – Black Vulture in Bent Tree
Outside My Window
December 1, 2019 – Bluebird in Bent Tree
More From the Dogwood Tree
September 1, 2019 – Hummingbird in Bent Tree
Yesterday, there was a flurry of activity in the dogwood tree (the same one from Saturday’s post). Several juvenile tufted titmice were flitting around the branches for a few minutes, so I grabbed my camera and started snapping pictures (see below for a couple of different shots of one of the birds). In the midst of all of that, a hummingbird landed on a branch long enough for me to get a pretty good shot (see header photo above).
September 1, 2019 – Juvenile Tufted Titmouse in Bent Tree
September 1, 2019 – Juvenile Tufted Titmouse in Bent Tree
A Hawk in the Rain
This hawk sat on the same branch for over an hour in the rain, yesterday. For most of that time, it was standing on one foot. According to The Cornell Lab of Ornithology website “Birds will often stand on one foot to minimize heat loss.”
July 19, 2019 – A hawk in Bent Tree