Four Eyes Photography

Traveled up north this morning and visited Hagerman National Refugee. As we made our way down a red dirt road, an employee approached us and told us about 2 raptors fighting over food up the road ahead of us. We thanked him and snuck up on a juvenile Peregrine Falcon holding down a smaller bird, there was a Cooper’s Hawk standing about 15 feet from the Falcon watching him eat. We continued on and saw several American Avocets feeding in a small pond. The highlight of our excursion was a Bald Eagle perched on a post, it was magnificent. We were also lucky enough to see flocks of pelicans, a rat snake, and a cottonmouth. One of our best birding days ever!