The natural world revealed. A raptor gained the strength to continue on. Thanks for sharing. Kevin

Thank you, Ceredig. Your long lens blesses us all. Kevin Merrell

An astonishing moment, Tom. Even for one who has seen or heard thousands of birds over the years, a close encounter of the life-and-death kind would be intense. Thanks for sharing. I read that Cooper'

It's an amazing accounting, Roland. While I've never heard of most of those reservoirs, much less visited them, my dad was a hydrologist with the Soil Conservations Service and may have been familiar

Whatever happened to the old saying, "Better living through science?" Coating seeds with neonicotinoid appears to be a two-edged sword. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/10/pesticides-u

If I bump into you, at the pond, Dean, let me know the birds you've seen as I'm basically bird illiterate. If I find you there, good on you for sweating a gallon to get there. Kevin

Marvelous, Diann. Did you observe any critters when you visited the pond?

Anyone ever been to the frog pond in the middle of the Chukar Butte Trail? Even a report of there being a frog pond in the sere, volcanic hills east of Hidden Springs is intriguing. I'm of a mind to g

I love the vision, Tom. While the Hall no doubt was envisioned as a statement of modernity, it has turned out to be a tragic cautionary tale of unintended consequences. Kevin

He's a dandy, Elizabeth. A beautiful photo.

I'm encouraged, Bill and Larry. As one just starting out in birding by way of recording birdsong soundscapes I'm impressed with the seemingly vast number of feathered friends one might become acquaint

That's kind of you, Larry. I had excellent, close views of the birds and recorded their calls at length, but lacked even modest experience. :-) Aren't owls and hawks more or less on the same side sepa

Ha. I thought they were Sharp-shinned Hawks.

At least you know to correct your misidentification, Ceredig. When I claimed to have seen a couple of Cooper's Hawks at Foote Park recently, it took an eBird moderator to set me straight and correctly