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Date: 6/20/26 10:37 am From: Lola Ross <lolabones...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Hey kid, get off my lawn!!! (photos)
Love the story, Pete! Thanks for sharing! On Sat, Jun 20, 2026 at 10:25 AM 'Pete Sole' via mbbirds < <mbbirds...> wrote: > Hi birders, > > This morning we had a, ahem, interaction, between one of the recently > fledged juvenile Red-tailed Hawks and the local Acorn Woodpeckers. A photo > sequence that sort of tells the story (large photos): > > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/web_ready/hawks_eagles_kites/hawk_red_tailed_woodpecker_acorn_260620a.jpg > > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/web_ready/hawks_eagles_kites/hawk_red_tailed_woodpecker_acorn_260620b.jpg > > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/web_ready/hawks_eagles_kites/hawk_red_tailed_woodpecker_acorn_260620c.jpg > > and one more... > > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/web_ready/hawks_eagles_kites/hawk_red_tailed_woodpecker_acorn_260620d.jpg > > A bit of background. The Acorn Woodpeckers have been living in that tree > stump for years. Recently, the juvi RT Hawk has decided that it makes a > good perch to beg from. Clearly, there is a difference of opinion about > that! Hence the Acorn Woodpeckers have been incentivizing the RT juvi > hawk to, ah, move along. > > On a vaguely related note, ebird list of seen or heard birds this morning: > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S360284751 > > Finally, a moody, vaguely father's day bird photo for tomorrow: > > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/documentary/quail_california_fd_260620a.jpg > > Fun birding, > > Pete Solé > > Soquel, CA > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mbbirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<8b15b6fa-6b26-45a8-9e13-8d7c6737e110...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<8b15b6fa-6b26-45a8-9e13-8d7c6737e110...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mbbirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<CAFCCGgk4Ls4i7v34P21BwbSBHP9tC6_X61_pQcbyAU9Fd4M19A...>

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