The Birders Report

  Osprey Portrait all photos by Rick There is a long recorded history of eagles pirating fish from ospreys. A naturalist from England by the name of Mark Catesby first reported this pirating phenomenon back in 1731. Although there is a question as to how common this practice is, it is an incredible sight to [...]

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Anna’s Hummingbird (male) photo by Mark Schmitt This incredible shot of the male Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte annas) was taken by Mark and later enjoyed while listening to a beautiful piece of Baroque music entitled “Spem in Alium” by Tallis.  These beautiful combinations of nature and man make the human spirit soar. These incredible little birds have an [...]

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Red-tailed Hawk at lunch in downtown San Francisco photo series by Glenn Nevill I discovered this unbelievable story in the Yahoo group of “Raptor Watch” and just had to post it here. This is a photo of a Red-tailed Hawk having its lunch on a downtown sidewalk in San Francisco, California. As you can see [...]

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Hey everyone, I know this is a little off of the birding subject but I always want to pass on good information when it comes around.  If you are into blogging this is something you won’t want to pass up.  A free program on blogging, come on.  And from a group of folks who really know [...]

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Crow Attacking Red-tailed Hawk photos by Cleve Nash Back on October 15th this year I wrote a post titled “Why are birds of prey harassed or mobbed”. You can read it here: Birds of Prey Harassed. Well, I recently came upon a photo story of a Red-tailed Hawk being attacked by a crow and I [...]

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