The sparrows were bobbing up and down, but not like they were digging for food. As far as I could tell, they were playing in the gopher holes.
Note: A commenter on iNat pointed out that they were likely dust bathing
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House Sparrows (three at base of wall)
Sparrow
Warning, schmorning. I perch where I want!
Warning, schmorning. I perch where I want!
(To be fair, the kingbird is unlikely to dig into the pipeline. Or damage the sign. Much.)
Cassin’s Kingbird (on brick wall)
Black Phoebe
Young European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Spiders
House Sparrows
A male and female house sparrow hopped across the street together, then stopped in the middle of the bike path and started mating. A second male sparrow showed up and the two males fought briefly. I think it was the second one that flew away. Then the female sparrow flew to the grass at the side of the path and they picked up where they left off.
House Finch
European Starling
Two crows chased a squirrel across the lawn at a park…
Two crows chased a squirrel across the lawn at a park, one of them swooping down and possibly making contact with its claws (I couldn't quite tell) until it ran up this tree.Then they perched on a nearby fence and waited. When it tried to run down the trunk, they flew at it again and it went back up. One crow perched on another branch of the tree and waited, while the other flew off.
#nature #birds #squirrel #crows
On PixelFed.Social
Squirrel on iNaturalist
Crow on iNaturalist
Evening primrose and some kind of brome in the open space near a bike path
Evening primrose and some kind of brome in the open space near a bike path.
#flowers #plants #EveningPrimrose #nature #photo
Cooper’s Hawk (in tree, full)
Probably a Cooper’s Hawk, spotted on a walk this afternoon. It flew up to a telephone pole, alighted there for a few seconds, and as I was trying to line up a shot with the camera, it took off again, then flew a few houses down the street to perch in this tree.
I also posted a closer crop on my *ahem* @AddHawk account
Cooper’s Hawk (in tree, portrait)
Probably a Cooper’s Hawk, also spotted on the same walk this afternoon. It flew up to a telephone pole, alighted there for a few seconds, and as I was trying to line up a shot with the camera, it took off again, then flew a few houses down the street to perch in this tree.
On iNaturalist
Full Photo (also on Flickr)
TODO: Full image is on Flickr. Is this crop there also? Is either on K2R?
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Wild radish (lone plant in greenbelt)
Two Hawks on a Tower
Two (probably red-tailed) hawks spotted on an electrical tower, one looking north, one looking east. I often see one perched up there, watching for prey, but rarely two!
I don’t usually see *two* hawks on this tower!