Late this morning we noticed it wasn’t actually raining, so
we took advantage of the dry spot to go for a walk and bird at Fairview Drive
Wetlands in South Salem. Buster loves to dig for ground squirrels there while
we look for birds. I was hoping for some new arriving waterfowl now that the
ponds are filled, but that was not the case, we could only find a couple of
Mallards and one American Coot. However along the trail among the cottonwood
trees we did find a good number of little songbirds, a Rudy-crowned Kinglet, a
Bewick’s Wren, some Black-capped Chickadees and some Western Scrub Jays.
Further along the trail we added some Robins, five Crows and a flock of Starlings,
while over head few a flock of Canada Geese.
The most entertaining sighting was a small American Kestrel
dive bombing this adult Red-tailed Hawk to the point that the hawk moved to
another field.
David & Goliath?
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