Appletree Hawk

Paddled out to Bobcat Meadow...at Chapel Bridge, turned to the Use Path along the Merced, and when I reached the L Snag, saw Hawk, Cedar, perched on a Cottonwood Branch just in front of the Appletree....had the mini digi all set, did an Ouzel clip on Lodgpole Point just before, and got a long clip...took out the new camera for pics, then focused a bigger magnification for a closer clip....the new bracket on the mini digi is really solid!!...very pleased with it!...and happy to see Cedar and have clips...followed Cedar over to the Artist's Grove....Cedar calling....read Hawks do this to declare territory, and Cedar is in Coop's turf!....just a guess though, lot I dont know about Hawks' behavior....for certain, Cedar is the Hawk I saw yesterday....lost sight after a couple Tree to Trees....checked for mail at the Post Office, and returned through the Oak Grove...sunny with high Clouds and puff Clouds, and a little Rain at lunch time, warm....quiet at the lunch sit, listened to the Rain and watched Clouds move across Sentinel...Rain not much more than sprinkles....Ravens eating Orange pic and clip at the beginning of the walk...wish they'd take away the plastic orange fence!!...and for a departure, put a brace around the base of the Woodpecker Tree!!!

Link of the Day: (Siberian Cranes in peril)
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This critically endangered species is now only found in two populations, the eastern and western. A central population of Siberian Cranes once nested in western Siberia and wintered in India. The last documented sighting of Siberian Cranes in India during the winter months was in 2002. There is a high probability this population has been recently extirpated. All but a few existing birds belong to the eastern population, which breed in northeastern Siberia and winter along the middle Yangtze River in China. The western population winters at a single site along the south coast of the Caspian Sea in Iran and breeds just south of the Ob River east of the Ural Mountains in Russia.
http://www.savingcranes.org/siberiancrane.html
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well...I'm tempted to adopt-a-crane...
https://www.savingcranes.org/adoptacrane/index.php