Tom Love and I were just out at Ridgefield NWr this afternoon. No luck
finding either the vermilion or the red-shouldered hawk. I've been out
there twice, both times in the late afternoon, and haven't had luck in
the area. I'm wondering if the bird my go to roost erly or if it has a
circuit. Harry Nehls saw the bird apparently in the morning given his
post, so I'm wondering if it might be more active in the am. There are
still bugs out as ruby-crowned kinglets were actively flycatching (which
was interesting because they flicked when they flapped). Also in the
area was at least one Cooper's Hawk and maybe two, a Pileated which flew
by and called (the first time I'd heard one call), two marsh wrens,
white-breatsed nuthatch, geese, ducks, swans, and cranes were seend
and/or heard. And, as the sun set, a Great Horned started hooting in the
distance.
If anyone has any thoughts on the am vs. pm activities of such a
bird, please post. I can't recall as it's been a while since I;ve been
in Arizona, but I always remember seeing them early (thought this is
probably a function of heat).
RK
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