Friday, October 11, 2013

October 9 / the predators

I saw two birds of prey today.  At the very top of the tall evergreen out back, first I saw the small bird of prey I mentioned recently, which I am guessing to be the American kestrel, which flew off, and was soon replaced on the same perch by the red-tailed hawk, which is about twice as big.

I also saw a sparrow, which was either the white-throated sparrow, as seen a few days ago, or the white crowned sparrow, which I think it was, but couldn't see its throat clearly enough to be certain.

Common birds: house sparrow, chickadee, downy woodpecker, red-tailed hawk, grackle, mourning dove

Fall visitors: American kestrel, white crowned (or white throated?) sparrow

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