Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Monday, January 03, 2005
Weather: warm & sunny again today, although it had started to drizzle by nightfall.
Birds: had 3 kinds of woodpeckers at the feeders this morning - all at the same time. There were 2 northern flickers, a red-bellied, and a downy. (Oh, and the goldfinches were there too.)
While walking this afternoon down by the creek in back of the house, I saw a brief encounter between a hawk (either Cooper's or sharp-shinned) and a heron. Really, I heard more than I saw. There was a squawk and a screech and the hawk flew onto a tree branch and the heron took off toward the pond next to the Fairfax County Parkway. It seemed rather ambitious of the hawk to me - the heron must be bigger, especially if you count the size of the wings.
With the warm weather, I noticed the water striders were out on the creek this afternoon.
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