In my neighborhood, several fledgling Cooper's Hawks have been feeding on insects and making awkward attempts at catching the songbirds that will make up the bulk of their adult diet. Young Cooper's hawks can be distinguished by their brown backs, adults are a steely blue-gray, and by the incessant long, drawn out, raspy, shrill begging calls
they make.
Pine Cone Willow Galls, looking for all the world like pine cones, result when a gall gnat lays an egg in the tip of a willow twig. Each pine cone gall feeds and shelters on
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gnat grub. I saw this one on a recent walk along the West River.
The first migrating Nighthawks are moving through the area. A Brattleboro birdwatcher reported several recently. Keep an eye on the sky.
John
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