Saturday, July 5, 2014

Summer Wind

Female hummingbird feeding her young one day before it fledged or left the nest. After each feeding the nestling hopped onto the rim of the lichen covered nest and began to practice flying by revving its wings while remaining on the nest.

 Here is a juvenile Cooper's hawk feeding on a fresh kill brought in by the adult female (just out of frame) which was perching directly above the immature bird. I was not able to identify the bird prey to species...Maybe somebody out there can...