Birds Gophers Hunters 
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2011
(Check out Part 1 here) (Check out Part 2 here) This hawk was a fierce hunter. I’ve seen young Red-tailed Hawk s who just don’t have the hang of it, counting on luck of good fortune to present them with a careless gopher or a rare easy meal. On this occasion Patch had secured a gopher and was dining on a streetlight.
10,000 Birds
MAY 11, 2012
Continuing the celebration of commonplace birds we now hail the ubiquitous Great Blue Heron. They know the rhythms of gophers. As I’ve posted before they are efficient and merciless hunters. There are too many images to share so I’ll keep the captions brief and let the pictures do the squawking, er, I mean talking.
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