Yesterday we were sitting lakeside at Beaver Lake in the city of Sammamish talking with two of our granddaughters when a Cooper's Hawk landed on a nearby dock. I didn't have my camera, but managed the following video using my phone.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54827765207/in/dateposted/

Seemed like strange behavior for a Cooper's Hawk. Maybe it thought that it was a Crow.

A little while later a California Quail appeared walking along the shoreline right in front of us. I really regretted leaving my camera at home, but again used my phone to take the following photo.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54828870828/in/photostream/

During the two hours that we were with our granddaughters we also had a Great Blue Heron fly by as did a Belted Kingfisher. Maybe our best incidental birding ever.

Hank & Karen Heiberg
Issaquah, WA
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