Lisa Safier took the photos above and below on Friday. She writes: "These were taken on 3/5/10 behind my house. Thought you might be
interested in seeing them.
"As you can see, the crows were mobbing the eagle in typical fashion. Note the size difference between the two birds. I was totally amazed when I saw this!!!!" (Thanks, Lisa!)
Update: Two other Bald Eagles were seen at the CF on Sunday afternoon.
We had plenty of great raptors on the trip.
A few of the highlights included the Snail Kite (pictured above and at right), the Black-Collared Hawk, the Bat Falcon, Great Black Hawk, White Hawk, the Spectacled Owl, the seemingly ubiquitous Roadside Hawk and four species of vulture.
On Sunday, I posted a shot of Redtail by the Spillway Bridge in the Celery Farm as he reduced the local squirrel population.
Ron Filomeno happened by a few minutes later, when the Redtail was well into his entree.
Ron took several nifty shots, a few of which I am posting here for hawk lovers and the carnivore crowd. (Thanks, Ron!).
The shot above was taken on Thanskgiving at Phair's Pond.
Click "Continue reading..." below for a shot of Red-tailed in flight yesterday.
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I went on a hike at High Mountain Park Preserve in Wayne with the New Jersey chapter of The Nature Conservancy on Saturday, and saw this guy. A Red-tailed Hawk was not happy to share the forest with the GHO, but the owl didn't seem fazed in the least.
... Red-shouldered Hawk. Saw this one near the Celery Farm last week.
I have started a new category for the blog on raptors, and have started categorizing previous raptor posts. Link is here.
Not sure what took so long, but now if you want to loo up previous posts on Great Horned Owls, Cooper's, Redtails, Red-shouldereds, etc., you have one-stop shopping, sort of.
This from JerseyBirds:
"If anyone is interested and was not aware, there is a Bald Eagle nestcam at Duke Farms, and the eggs are scheduled to hatch sometime in the next few days."
Duke Farms has streaming video of the nest, with three eggs. "Both adults are banded (the male is a 'jersey boy'), and that they seem to really like fish," says Duke Farms.
The link is here.
There I was, sitting in my living room, minding my own bidness, when this raptor comes zipping down the trail. I grabbed my camera and zipped down my driveway.
My first instinct was Sharpie, not to be confused with this similar species.
Perched raptors can be tough to ID. What do you think?
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