01-17-2015, 11:34 AM
You had an amazing end to what started out as a bad day. Of course seeing the snake would have done it for me. Tiger snakes are beautiful. They are also venomous, but they are not going to attack a human unless attacked first.
The birds you saw are interesting. We have Grebes here as well and in the warmer weather I should be able to see them along the river. I keep forgetting about it being summer where you are. I know it, but when you mentioned a chick it still seemed odd for a second.
I saw a Red Tailed hawk(9). Actually it was on the ground and I was on a balcony above it. I got to see it take off, its wings fully spread and its beautiful red tail fanned out. It rose up past me and into the sky and then I could see it circling overhead.
There were ducks and geese in the field below, but they were too far away to see what they are. I will have to start carrying my field glasses with me.
I didn't have my camera, but this picture is like what I saw.
It is the closest I have ever been to a Red tailed Hawk.
The birds you saw are interesting. We have Grebes here as well and in the warmer weather I should be able to see them along the river. I keep forgetting about it being summer where you are. I know it, but when you mentioned a chick it still seemed odd for a second.
I saw a Red Tailed hawk(9). Actually it was on the ground and I was on a balcony above it. I got to see it take off, its wings fully spread and its beautiful red tail fanned out. It rose up past me and into the sky and then I could see it circling overhead.
There were ducks and geese in the field below, but they were too far away to see what they are. I will have to start carrying my field glasses with me.
I didn't have my camera, but this picture is like what I saw.
It is the closest I have ever been to a Red tailed Hawk.
Catherine