Great Photo, but greater story: Brigitte headed out one morning to visit the Isenberg reserve, and to photograph the local bird population. While driving she saw a Redtail hawk on the ground fairly close to the road, so she approached slowly so not to scare it off. She took a few pictures and kept moving closer to the bird. As she closed the distance she was surprised at how close she was able to get, finally noticing that the bird was injured. It was a rare opportunity to be this close to such a beautiful bird, so she took lots of close up images. When done Brigitte knew if she did not do something the bird would certainly die, so she recruited a farmer to help capture the bird. Brigitte transported the injured hawk to the veterinary hospital at UC Davis who specialize in Raptors. The vets looked at the bird and determined the injuries were too severe, and euthanize the animal.
Afterwards, Brigitte sat in her car a while thinking about the days events when she noticed something unusual. She noticed that the local crows were using the road as their personal nut cracker. The crows would fly up and drop their walnuts on the road then rush down to protect and collect their reward then repeat. Brigitte watched this intelligent activity for a while, and took a few photos to document the activity.
You never know what each day will bring. Brigitte thought the story of the day was her interaction with the injured hawk, but the crows ended up being the bigger story. The crow story and photos were published in Birder's World Magazine.
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