What a great day for birding!

There were a couple of noteworthy things for me today.  I saw a poor
Red-tailed Hawk being harrassed by a black bird.  It was far, but I think it
was a Crow.  Do they do that?  I'm used to seeing Crows being harrassed (by
Mockingbirds mostly), not doing the harrassing.

Another thing that I enjoyed this afternoon and into the evening were Blue
Jays playing in my backyard.  There were almost a dozen of them at one time.
Are they hatching and leaving the nest already?  They seemed to imitating
one another and I thought they might be young and learning.  Even if they
weren't, they were definitely full of the spring spirit - like all the kids
in the neighborhood - enjoying the gorgeous day.

Leslie Torres
Keedysville, MD


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