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Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
No joke, this 11" hawk landed on a small tree outside the living room window while I was standing there looking out. It was 10 feet away and stood there for a good minute.
Then, it flew up to the tallest branch on the Tree of Heaven across the street. In a blink of an eye, it swooshed down the street and out of sight. It probably went for a cute little Junco, see "Nature Observations #1" below.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
On a long West Seattle walk with Jana, we followed Longfellow Creek from Camp Long to Firefly Park. Along the way, across Genesee Street from the golf course there is a small little wetland before you get to the bonetail bridge. It was here that a mom and her children alerted Jana and I to the presence of a very huge heron, its head down, standing on an island in the middle of the pond. Very peaceful indeed.
post-script: why is Gen obsessed with birds? Not really, but they are Nature Observations that literally fly up on you. And these guys are waay cool, no?
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