After Breakfast, paddled across the Creek, through Bobcat Meadow, to the Village...picked up mail...quiet...Shuttled back...oh...stood a long while in the Backyard by the Dogwoods...Robins, Flickers, and DownyOrHairy Woodpecker about...but hidden in Leaves, which really haven't changed yet, and no pics....try again tomorrow....Nat Geo came...and back at the Cabin, read for the remaining time...sunny with some clouds, warm....at Lunch: thought to go sit by the Cottonwood, and wait...times I've seen Owls, it's often been thereabout....report of Golden Eagle flyover near Catheys Valley...reporter on bicycle...a thought to try peddleabouts in the Foothills....heard Owls, but at the other end of the Woods...no pics...oh...Clouds went pink, and I trotted out to an open Grassy Spot for Sunset pic...
Muir sees an Eagle at Twenty Hill Hollow:
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The eagle does not dwell in the Hollow; he only floats there to hunt the long-eared hare. One day I saw a fine specimen alight upon a hillside. I was at first puzzled to know what power could fetch the sky-king down into the grass with the larks. Watching him attentively, I soon discovered the cause of his earthiness. He was hungry and stood watching a long-eared hare, which stood erect at the door of his burrow, staring his winged fellow mortal full in the face. They were about ten feet apart. Should the eagle attempt to snatch the hare, he would instantly disappear in the ground. Should long-ears, tired of inaction, venture to skim the hill to some neighboring burrow, the eagle would swoop above him and strike him dead with a blow of his pinions, bear him to some favorite rock table, satisfy his hunger, wipe off all marks of grossness, and go again to the sky.
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Downy or hairy woodpeckers are the ones I have always seen, but they are often called redheaded woodpeckers mistakenly and I was over exposed to that misnomer from a young age. Imagine my recent surprise when a saw a really good photo of a true redheaded woodpecker and then on the next page saw our dear and familiar downy and hairy variety...with their little dash of red. Reading your blog this morning and knowing just who you meant, I knew my mistake had been internally corrected.
By the way, your photos aren't just what anyone would shoot. You do have a good eye and more patience than many and then add in opportunity of where you live and the ardent way you pursue visiting the vistas and the critters...well keep on enjoying it all!
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