The fall bird migration is definitely underway. Hawk Ridge naturalists are counting hawks (and the birdsong listening device is ID’ing birds). Migration is difficult for all birds, but songbirds have the additional issue that raptors are trying to catch and eat them. From the last two days …
Merlin at Stony Point
Broad-Winged Hawk at Greenwood Creek
The Movie! (video link for blog email subscribers)
I first saw these two moose calves and their mom three months ago. It was obvious at the time that the calves had only been recently born. Now three months later the moose family has only moved about two miles, and the youngsters are getting big!
And now from yesterday evening … (video link for blog email subscribers)
I have four trailcams pointed at this small white pine, but only two actually captured images and videos of the lynx. This morning I reworked the cameras with new positions and points, but I have to make certain I do not touch spend much time touching the cameras. The Canada Lynx hate my scent! (i.e. they attack my trailcams)
Scent Branch … The Movie! (video link for blog email subscribers)
Apparently the small pond I have been watching all summer, and enjoying the Trumpeter Swam family has had another two swans take up residence!
