It's a beautiful sunny and warm day here in New Hope Virginia. It's a balmy 50 degrees but with calm wind and full sun it feels much warmer. It surely doesn't feel like Feb. 3rd!
Once in a while I see one of the resident kestrels dive-bomb a Red-tailed Hawk. Today I was fortunate to see the resident adult male kestrel dive-bomb a Red-tail right above our house! Beautiful. I'm never sure why the kestrels dive-bomb red-tails (if it was a Merlin, well, then I'd know!) but I figure it's because red-tails might eat kestrels so the kestrels want to get the red-tails "out!"
I did a feeder watch count yesterday-today, not much interesting but a pair of cowbirds was a bit of a surprise.
I'll make a post on Sunday evening, because I have a fun weekend coming up. Will be going on a bird walk and meeting with fellow Monticello Bird Club board member tomorrow, and Sunday will be guiding someone from Front Royal around looking for new "Virginia birds" for him.
I have a photo of the kestrel-red-tail encounter but it's having trouble loading now. I will post it later.
Gabriel
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