It is so much fun to watch all of the birds taking a bath in our bird bath. It seems like ones comes by for a bath and then it’s a line of lots of different birds waiting their turn for a bath.
This Baltimore Oriole was so cute, don’t you think?
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Red-Tailed Hawk Catching Lunch In Our Yard!
We were in the yard yesterday when we heard some screeching. We both looked up and there were 2 Red-tailed hawks on a branch in the tall tree. One was keeping guard while the other one was killing her prey. We could hear the baby hawk nearby crying for food.
While the one on the left stood guard, the one with the prey put its wings all around it while she killed it. You can see it in the photograph. It was quite a sight. I have never seen anything quite like this before.
She then ate her share and then the hawk on the left finished it off. I guess it’s all part of the food chain…
Red-Tailed Hawk In My Bird Bath Again On Cape Cod!
I know I already posted some photographs of this same Red-Tailed Hawk in my birdbath, but these new ones are priceless!
I heard some noise outside the other day about dinnertime so I opened the slider to see what it was and this Red-Tailed Hawk was staring at me from the bird bath!
The first photograph is of him staring at me, the 2nd one is of him with his beak wide open and the last one is of him gargling after he had taken a drink of water from the bird bath. How funny! And during all this, he jumped in the bath and got all wet and shook off his feathers. It was hilarious! He was in there for quite some time.
The photographs are all taken from inside the house, but came out much clearer than the last batch!
Pretty cool, huh?
Beautiful Northern Bobwhite At Fort Hill In Eastham On Cape Cod
We stopped at Fort Hill yesterday hoping to see some butterflies or some new wildflowers and were greeted by the Northern Bobwhite calling his distinct call, “Bob WHITE!”
When I was a little girl my Dad, who was a bird lover, taught me many of the different bird calls. When I heard this “Bob WHITE!” I turned to Phil and said, “It’s a Northern Bobwhite. I remember the call from my Dad.” I have not heard it in probably 50 years, nor have I seen a Bobwhite in probably that long.
We stood there as one Northern Bobwhite flew out of the brush, followed by another one. One landed on a nearby tree where we got some good photographs. He stood on the branch and sang out “Bob WHITE!” for about 20 minutes!
You can see his exquisite colors in the first photograph and him singing away in the second photograph.
We looked up on our bird identification app and Fort Hill is the only place on Cape Cod that anyone has seen a Northern Bobwhite this year!
Such an unbelievable treat!
Red-Bellied Woodpecker At Our Bird Feeder On Cape Cod
We have a Red-Bellied Woodpecker that lives near our home on Cape Cod and comes by several times a day to feed from the suet at our bird feeder. I can always tell when he is nearby by his distinct call. It’s almost that he is announcing his arrival at the feeder.
He is such a handsome bird with the bright red on his head. It is ironic that there is virtually no red on his belly.
Last night as I was sitting on our deck, the Red-Bellied Woodpecker came to our feeder filled with grape jelly (for the Baltimore Orioles) several times. And then he flew back up to the tree and there were 2 babies up there waiting for him! What an awesome sight!!