Young Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis - I watched this bird take a mouse that was unfortunate enough to come out of cover right below the tree. The hawk just looked down, rocked forward and dropped onto the mouse. It didn't even have to flap its wings.
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
This is a first year bird. You can tell by the dark upper mandible.
Banding a Juvenile Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Banding a White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
What's in the Bag?
A very vigorous female Red-winged Blackbird, it turns out. Awaiting banding and measurement.
Moon (Lunas lunas)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker's Been Here
Female Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) with young.
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Juvenile Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Adult Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Looks very much like a male Black Duck in this photo, but other shots showed the white wing bar that the Black Duck lacks.
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
