HAWK WATCH WEEKEND

This week has been a great hawk watch week.I have seen Red Tailed Hawks everywhere like the one (above) and (below)

Birding in the Everglades

This morning in the everglades I saw a Barred owl.I have never seen a owl in the wild.

Later we saw a juvenile Red Shouldered Hawk perched on a tree overlooking the saw grass.

 Next we saw a great Egret spear a baby water snake (look closely!!)

Finally we saw purple martins at their southern most point in the continental USA-- at the Robert is Here fruitstand.

WILD RED TAILED

Above:  This blue jay is in a bad mood with this red tailed hawk near its nest. 

This may look gruesome but really it is a red tailed hawk with a squirrel.  I shot this photo in my backyard.