I checked on the Peregrine Falcon nest about 20 minutes up the road. Nothing to be seen there today, but the nest is in fine shape, and recent “hawk chalk” tells me the parents are mating and nearby, as do a few photos from fellow birders. The real activity at this nest will be in May.
Coming back from walking the dogs down the hill from the house, feeding the deer, and checking in on the bees, I thought I heard a baby animal sound. Was it coming from one of the nest boxes? Nope; it was coming from a mother squirrel in a nearby tree cavity.
I snapped a quick photo with my camera phone, and then a mid-sized raptor flew in. I was only 50 feet from my real camera, which was in the car, so I quickly got it out. As I looked through the viewfinder to try to reacquire the target, the hawk swooped down to nail what I suspect was a mouse on the forest floor. This may be one of the Red-shouldered hawks nesting down the driveway on my neighbor’s side.
Lots of stuff moving about if you look for it.
Yesterday, down the street, I passed a massed and running herd of 35-40 deer running parallel to the road. Not sure what spooked them, but there are coyote about, and they’re going to be hunting hard to provide for their mates and pups.
Passing the same field this afternoon, there were about 20 deer scattered down the field, all calm and grazing.
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