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Other Prairie Critters
In addition to the Harriers and the Short-Eared Owls, several other prairie inhabitants were seen during my recent trip to Prairie State Park and Shawnee Trail Conservation Area (southwest Missouri). Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) were spotted seemingly everywhere along the roads and often sitting in prairie trees/shrubs, or soaring over the open prairie: […]
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Red-Tailed Hawk Nestlings
The other day I received an e-mail from a birding friend, telling me that she has a pair of Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) nesting on her land (with nestlings in the nest) and asking me if I wanted to drive over and photograph them. Well, that was a no-brainer for me! The next day, I grabbed […]
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Size Doesn’t Always Matter!
… and here’s another good example! As I was paddling back toward the parking lot at the end of yesterday’s kayak outing, I looked up to see a hawk (Red-tailed?) landing in a dead tree just ahead of me. No sooner did the hawk land, he was again airborn … with a Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) hot on his […]
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A Duck-Hunting Cooper’s Hawk
During one of my recent kayak outings, I had “Rubber Ducky” sitting under some willow trees, photographing ducks as they flew over me and into the marshy area directly in front of me. As I photographed, a large bird approached from the far end of the marsh. As it got closer, I identified it as a Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter […]
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The Art of Falconry
A few years ago, when I was still working in the corporate world, I found out that one of my colleague’s husband was involved with falconry, the art of training falcons to hunt. Actually, there are many different kinds of birds of prey used in today’s falconry sport: falcons, red-tailed hawks, American kestrals, etc. Regardless if you agree […]