March 16, 2005
Wild (and not so wild) county birds
This morning Joan and I followed up a sighting of Steller's Jay along Putah Creek Canyon. We turned up at the spot and were amazed to immediately see two birds, with a probable third bird calling behind us!
While driving out of the canyon we spotted this freshly-escaped Harris's Hawk by the roadside. In the second picture the bird is yelling at a flyover Red-tailed Hawk.
After stopping for a celebratory macaroon, we dashed up to the north of the county and very quickly relocated a Lewis's Woodpecker along County Road 4.
The jay and the woodpecker were both county birds for me - what will be next?
Posted by rjhall at March 16, 2005 10:23 PM