Wildlife

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Eastern Screech Owl

 

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Best Christmas wishes

 

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Adult Bald Eagle launches from a White Pine.

 

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Adult Red-tailed Hawk

 

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Red Fox wets its nose to get a better scent of the surroundings in Washington County.

 

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Nice Doggy

 

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I came across this juvenile Coopers Hawk which seemed to be nursing an injured left foot while I was in the Washington County Grasslands.

 

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I came across this juvenile Coopers Hawk which seemed to be nursing an injured left foot while I was in the Washington County Grasslands.

Cornell wrote about a loss of Big Red’s & Ezra’s Red Tail offspring a decade ago.

Two Hawk Deaths at Cornell Illustrate Hazards Faced by Urban Birds

UPDATE: In August 2014, DNA analysis revealed surprising new information about the young hawks described in this post. For the full story, see DNA Tests Determine Whether 2013's Injured Hawks Came From Bird Cams Nest. On the morning of August 9, 2013, a Cornell University mechanic found a dea

www.allaboutbirds.org

 

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I spied with my little eye a coyote when I was jogging this morning. Fortunately, it spied me as well and ran off into the woods. We were about 50 feet apart.

 

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I spied with my little eye a coyote when I was jogging this morning. Fortunately, it spied me as well and ran off into the woods. We were about 50 feet apart.

I have had a couple of close encounters with them, 30 ft or so.