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Eagles, being eagles, especially a young exuberant two year old bald eagle,
often defy gravity: yes, the juvie is upside down.
He was flying along, started a series of dives and rolls, and I caught his joy in his maneuvers.

WALK6890 - 2015-02-01 at 10-17-11

My friend had taught me the call of the hermit thrush because you way more often hear a hermit thrush than see one.
And so, I was watching black vultures when I heard, looked and then saw this lovely bird.

WALK1219 red-shoulder and crow 2015

The red-shouldered hawk’s face says it all: oh, drat, those pesky crows have found me.
Within seconds there were 5 more crows loudly telling the neighborhood they had found an intruder.