Big Birds in Our Tree

Shortly after the prior post went live, the gigantic raptor below came by and landed on the cable right outside our living room window. (If these things mean anything to you: the images were slightly cropped from 135mm and 165mm focal lengths on an APS-C sensor.) Unfortunately the light was much less favorable and the bird did not stick around very long, so the photos are not so good, but I thought they were worth posting anyway!

We advised the cat not to attempt to eat this bird as she might find the tables turned.

Birds in Our Tree

The tree in front of our living room window gets a fair number of birds, particularly now that we have a bird feeder out there.

Malacosoma disstria

On the East Bank, near the alumni center.