Brown Thrasher Singing in Spring, Stanford

A bird walk on campus today turned up this bold Brown Thrasher that is raising his voice to claim this small tree as his territory. He should be a little more cautious as a hawk is perched nearby.

Male Red Shouldered Hawk Surveys The Neighborhood, Stanford

A Red-shouldered Hawk perches high on a dead snag– perhaps he can see the Thrasher, hope not.

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P.S. The photographs were taken with a Nikon D7700 at full zoom and cropped.