Showing posts with label Prairie falcons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prairie falcons. Show all posts

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Busy Saturday

I wanted to do some birding Saturday, but I was not able to do any serious until 11:30 and I headed for Market Lake Wildlife Management area. 
Early it was all raptors like this Prairie Falcon.


There were plenty of starlings for the falcons, kestrels, and shrikes for lunch and dinner.


I finally located another nesting Great-horned owl nest to make four that I have found so far.


This "big daddy" did not feel up to attacking me as he has twice before.


And spring is in the air as these two Canada geese are flirting and showing off for each other.

A great way to finish the day was watching three Golden Eagles playing tag high over head and then locating and photographing a flock of Common Red Polls (later this week in my blog, madisonbirds) after a successful fishing trip.

A great day in the wilds of Idaho.