Today I gave the eagles a break and stalked some other birds.? At the end of the walkway on Point Edwards is a tall lightstand where the resident red-tailed hawk likes to perch before starting its patrol around the Point. Naturally it was not there when my son and I were there, but we?saw it there after we arrived at the marsh.???Hoping it would follow its previous flight path, we decided to leave the marsh and?relocate to the west end of Point Edwards by the marina.??

As we approached the pickup, we saw?a flock of cedar waxwings?in the trees in?the parking lot.??Ironically, a few minutes earlier I had told?Dave, ?another?regular Edmonds bird watcher, ?that I had never photographed waxwings.?? I got several good photos before leaving to stalk the hawk.??

The hawk did not disappoint us.? After a few minutes,?it made a swoop below the condos and headed south along the bluffs over Puget Sound.?? I got several good shots as it passed by.
Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA.