Birds!

[thedeadlyhook]

I saw a pair of Hooded Mergansers at the lake today! And this on top of the Ring-Necked Ducks, and Pie-Billed Grebes I've been seeing lately. Birds are just... cool.

And check out this photo site for birds. See close-up photography, such as this shot of a Double-Crested Cormorant, prove that life on Earth can look freakier than any alien species we can picture. I mean really, that eye. Too neat.

I guess I need some kind of bird icon, don't I?

Comments

[deborahc.livejournal.com]

I've seen a couple of hawks around here, but not a falcon in the city - out in Marin, though, I think.)

Don't know about Marin, but you've got a nesting pair right there in the financial district and a close-up view of their eyrie, courtesy of a great webcam. Check it out:

http://www2.ucsc.edu/scpbrg/falconcamera.htm

[thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's super cool! I know right where that building is, although if they're nesting up on the 33rd floor, that picture's probably the best look I'm going to get of them.