This afternoon was about 60 degrees and sunny. Amazing! How could anyone possibly resist walking through the park?
I started by Hallett where I had a nice view of the juvenile red-headed woodpecker. There was one dead stump of a tree that was apparently made of woodpecker bait. First a red-belly was on it, then a downy, then the red-head came over. The downy left but the red-belly stayed:
The red-belly is in gorgeous light but the red-head was in the shadow, I wish they had switched a few times. They were both there for a few minutes, and then the red-head flew off.
Around the pond I went, stopping briefly to admire one of the wood ducks:
Up towards the boathouse and the ramble, with a quick break to admire these yellow-bellied sap suckers:
Look at that yellow belly - it ~does~ exist! :-)
Into the ramble where there were lots of crews doing lots of work. And this Cooper's hawk was right by a large portion of that work, seeming completely undisturbed by it:
Another birder pointed it out to me, I would have walked right by it. I actually did hear a squirrel alarm call, but I figured the guys working had freaked out the squirrels. They actually had more sense than I gave them credit for!
It was a great day to walk through the ramble, not nearly as crowded as I had feared, except of course for the work crews. But I'm so happy to see them, hopefully the rest of the ramble will open up again soon! My next excitement was this gorgeous red-tailed hawk at the upper lobe:
Yep, enjoying a snack. I keep trying to make it a blue jay but I really don't know what it is.
On the way past the lake on the way home I saw one more hawk, making it a hawk trifecta! This one was pre-snack, and a titmouse voiced its disapproval with surprising bravery.
The hawk did not seem to notice.
And back home I went, tired and happy. :-)
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