Always enjoy your photos Trileigh


On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Tucker, Trileigh <TRI at seattleu.edu> wrote:

> Hi Tweets,
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> Starting with the small: my study at home has a little balcony overhung
> by a cedar tree. Every year I have the pleasure of watching the maturation
> of a little family of Chestnut-backed Chickadees, whose nest I assume is in
> the cedar somewhere. Today they?ve been all over my suet like Bushtits?five
> at once pecking and poking. (I assume at least one must be a parent). There
> are regularly 1-2 juveniles in the nearby hanging birdbath, sometimes 3, at
> least once an hour; it dawned on me for the first time today that, rather
> than getting rid of pests, perhaps they?re simply enjoying the public
> swimming hole like the kids down at Colman Pool. I realize that there
> aren?t many other places in these dry days that offer that opportunity.
>
> Although the Lincoln Park Barred Owls have not been successful in
> raising young this year, I did capture an interesting observation back in
> early May. A loud argument between the owls and a Cooper?s Hawk drew my
> attention, and I found the male owl carrying a nestling, eventually into
> the owl's nest box. Although I first thought the nestling was a Coop, other
> observers thought it might be a different species, even a Barred; your
> hypothesis is welcome. Photos start at
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/trileigh/14461288254/in/photostream/.
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> Finally, on Memorial Day I watched as the female Barred Owl tried
> repeatedly to fly down to one of the last small puddles of standing water
> in Lincoln Park, looking pretty thirsty after her extended attempt at
> egg-hatching. I?ve written about that episode and other seasonal events
> here <http://naturalpresencearts.com/2014/06/20/the-fragile-season/>.
>
> Good birding to all,
> Trileigh
>
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> *Trileigh Tucker*
> *Lincoln Park, West Seattle*
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