Raptor sightings have been very few at Ft. Bayard Park this year--just two brief looks at immature Cooper's Hawks.  So I was excited when a big immature Red-tailed Hawk flew in this morning to give me a new "park bird."  Oddly, none of the smaller birds in the area seemed to want to do anything about it.  In a moment I found out why--a nice adult male Cooper's also showed up.  He briefly perched and gave me a nice look, vocalized, and then chased off the new guy, harassing the bigger bird as they went out of sight.

Otherwise, the park has had a trickle of migrants this week, though nary a warbler.  Today ended a three-day string of phoebe sightings, but added my first juncos of the fall.  Both kinglets have also been around, though not today.  Too darn many raptors around!

Jason Waanders
NW DC
jwaandersATstarpower.net