Rod Graves, a Chemeketan hiking friend of mine from many years ago, just moved to the Dallas Retirement Village this past week. This morning Jeanette and I took him on his first birdwalk with us, something he had mention the very first time he visited here a few weeks ago. We walked to the Dallas City Park where we hoped to be able to show him the Cooper's Hawk nest, as well as a general overview of the park.
Arriving at the nest, much to our surprise, a juvenile took flight to a nearby limb. This was the first evidence we had of fledging! Something we have been anticipating any day.
Next, mom showed up to take a supervising / protecting role, as much action continued on the nest and short flights to and from the nest.
This is a very poor photo, but a close-up scrutiny provided evidence of three juveniles.
A red-letter day for us for sure, as we introduced Rod to birding and hiking opportunities close by and getting to see the much-anticipated fledgling's first flights.
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