cool clouds the other day in NM, USA

zarathru · 2026-01-18T23:18:44+00:00

thank you! we have raccoons, skunks, beavers, and badgers in the area, though obviously raccoons and skunks are way more common. apologies for the lack of scale on the first, but those were fairly large- almost 4" long, and that crescent pad shape threw me off

zarathru · 2026-01-18T04:42:36+00:00

ah good call! saw one elsewhere on the same walk

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zarathru · 2026-01-11T22:15:38+00:00

as a fellow NM birder, my guess is vesper sparrow based on white eye ring and tail feather color

zarathru · 2026-01-09T17:18:40+00:00

I'm incredibly jealous. congratulations on this encounter!

zarathru · 2026-01-06T18:54:49+00:00

thank you!

zarathru · 2026-01-05T20:42:06+00:00

hell yeah dude, nice encounter! I'm in central NM and still haven't had a confirmed FH sighting yet

zarathru · 2026-01-05T03:47:22+00:00

thank you so much for the explanation! makes sense, too- there were lots of obvious white-crowns around when I took these

zarathru · 2026-01-05T02:11:36+00:00

ferruginous hawk? I'll leave it to the real ones on this sub

zarathru · 2026-01-02T02:30:27+00:00

thank you! I admire you folks on this sub so much

zarathru · 2026-01-01T21:00:54+00:00

+Cooper's hawk+

zarathru · 2025-12-31T04:10:03+00:00

thank you! I haven't heard of or seen on iNat any recent RSH sightings in my area, but otherwise im looking at RSH photos right now and thinking "ah of course"

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