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Scientists are so cool.

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Things that have happened to me this week:

• Saw two bald eagles UP CLOSE (their beaks are so yellow!)
• Stayed up with one of my best friends talking under the covers after not seeing each other in forever
• Made eye contact with a wild coyote
• Saw 19 deer, 7 of which were running beautifully across a tiny back road in Central Florida right in front of my car
• Ate the FRESHEST OF THE FRESH grouper sandwich grilled in Italian dressing from a little stand on the side of the road in St. Teresa, FL
• Bought a salmon and gray Mexican blanket from a Stuckey’s gas station in Bagdad, FL
• Got uppity with a red-shouldered hawk in Tallanasty
• Slept in til 1:30 PM (yuck! how lazy is THAT)

The white hawk I just posted…

…is a “Krider’s” morph red-tailed hawk! These much rarer morphs of the common species of hawk breed in the prairies of the northern Great Plains (Montana and the Dakotas)! They winter in the southern Great Plains and surrounding areas, but are very rare in the Southeastern United States (aka where I took the picture, Pensacola Beach, Florida!)

Not sure what species, but how beautiful is this hawk? The unusually white breast feathers are absolutely majestic.

Another Cooper’s Hawk hunting from a power line.

Sneaky Kestrel tries to steal the Cooper Hawk’s prey, but he is not backing down. At ALL. This swooping happened about 5 times and there was some inTENSE bird calls happening.

Another American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)!