Silhouettes
A chance to practice your silhouettes (and to be amazed that Plumbeous V can spell silhouette!![]()
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Only had 1 HO empid on this trip thus far. Near Cuba, NM. Not sure species.

A chance to practice your silhouettes (and to be amazed that Plumbeous V can spell silhouette!![]()
).
Only had 1 HO empid on this trip thus far. Near Cuba, NM. Not sure species.

Am I prophetic?
Here’s a courtship or territorial display of the Cooper’s Hawk. He climbed higher and higher and spread white feathers at the base of the tail, then very deliberately flapped wings up all the way , then all the way down. Cool sight to see!! LE Woods picnic grounds, Davis Mountains, 3/17/25.
I enjoyed Cin Ty Lee’s presentation on Empids at TOS!! He’s got some good material on his website: http://www.cintylee.org/#/guiding-services/ I also notice that Butter Butt’s are scarfing down crushed pecans in the street in several locations.
Another Empid. I watched this one about 30 minutes. I’ll only say this one is from Oregon. Your diagnosis?
Got bird # 149 at the Dacha recently (found by Mary)
Here’s a good one. At Hornsby now if any want to come down.