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<\/a>Brown Creeper<\/p><\/div>\n
Not long after, while carefully getting close to a small flock of bushtits, a juvenile bald eagle glided silently overhead, close enough that on one of the frames of the burst of shots I took I had to zoom out and it still filled the frame! Just behind it, apparently keeping an eye on the large raptor, was one of the many red-tailed hawks that live in and around Discovery Park.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Juvenile Bald Eagle<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Red-tailed Hawk<\/p><\/div>\n
Now for the bushtits. There was a small flock of them quickly moving through some bushes and trees, feeding. Normally they don’t hold still for long, but this one had grabbed a small caterpillar of some sort and was violently smacking it against the side of the branch the bushtit was perched on, presumably to kill it before swallowing:<\/p>\n
<\/a>Bushtit with a caterpillar<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Bushtit smacking caterpillar on the branch<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Bushtit with limp caterpillar<\/p><\/div>\n
A juvenile Cooper’s hawk flying above in the distance:<\/p>\n
<\/a>Juvenile Cooper’s hawk<\/p><\/div>\n
And two different Anna’s hummingbirds I found while wandering around the south side of Discovery Park:<\/p>\n
<\/a>Anna’s hummingbird perched<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Anna’s hummingbird closeup<\/p><\/div>\n
After Discovery Park, I headed over to Magnuson Park on the west side of Lake Washington. It was pretty quiet aside from the constant calling of frogs and a trio of red-tailed hawks soaring in the distance, but I saw an empty nest:<\/p>\n
<\/a>Empty nest<\/p><\/div>\n
There were a few swimming birds around as well:<\/p>\n
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