Shorebirder

This all too brief sighting came yesterday in northwest CT on private property. Here are some record shots I fired off before the bird left. the mostly obscured bird on the left Hoary Redpoll Redpolls are still around, though perhaps more local than a couple weeks ago. Will be curious to see what happens after the blizzard - I'd expect more feeder reports.  - NB

Back on January 10th, Dori Sosensky and I spent a day birding interior southern Florida. While Dori gave me a wide-ranging tour of this fascinating area, the focus of the day was to observe and photograph Red-tailed Hawks along Miami Canal Road in Palm Beach County. Dori had spoken several times of the wonderfully variable Red-tailed Hawks, including some Krider's, that winter here. This really piqued my interest and I was looking forward to checking them out. approximate stretch of road highlighted in pink our position in FL as indicated by green marker This stretch of road cuts through agricultural land and is lined by tall powerlines that serve as perfect buteo perches. During more than two hours spent birding this road we had about fifteen RTHA sightings that, by photographic analysis, proved to be 11 different birds. They varied drastically in their plumage as you'll see below. I'll start with the palest, most Krider's-like birds and move on from ther...