Saturday, January 24, 2009

Prairie Neighbors

Driving home this week, I thought I saw this guy:


It is far more likely, of course, that I saw this guy.


Peregrine falcons are not normally found perching on metal fenceposts in the middle of the upland corn prairie (which is why I started hyperventilating when I saw the black tail bars), but Broad-Winged Hawks are. Oh well...it's still something to add to my life list.

(Photos from www.fws.gov and www.virtualbirder.com. You didn't think I had my camera with me, did you?)

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