On Sunday, Laura at the Nix Nature Center had spotted a Peregrine falcon in the early morning. Today, Wednesday 25 February, at roughly 2:20 PM, I spotted it at the Laguna Beach Gazebo right above Main Beach, while taking a break from work. When I first saw the falcon, it was majestically flying over my head (about 30 feet above me), its beautiful wings stretched wide and far; I ran to get my camera, and when I came back, I found it on a tree overlooking the ocean, resting, while the countless crows were cawing at it from the nearby palm trees.
If only you could have been there to hear all the commotion, and to see this magical bird!!! It was So COOL! :)
*** Note on 27 February 2009: According to Laura at the Nix Nature Center, this looks to be a juvenile osprey, not a peregrine falcon. It is so awesome, nonetheless!
*** Note on 13 March 2009: We have come to the conclusion that it is a red-tail hawk. See later posts for more discussion about it. Obviously, I'm going to have to spend some time learning about my birds! But for now, I'm sticking to the plants. :)
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Sure looks like a Red-tail to me Jennifer! As to he or she, well now that is a great question! You could be like Laura and just intuit the sex. Then once you determine through intuition, name it! That's what we did recently with a confused by the weather rattlesnake - Laura said "Violet," I said, "how do you know it's a she?" Laura answered, "I intuit it." There you have it.
So name of hawk and sex Ms. Jennifer? VM BBL
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