Date: 8/9/25 2:57 pm From: Adrian O'Loghlen via groups.io <aologhlen...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Northern Shoveler at the Dune Pond
Lynn and I saw a female Northern Shoveler at the Dune Pond this morning. Lehman describes this species as “very rare in summer”.
Earlier we had come across one of the young Red-tailed Hawks at COPR perched on a log probably 15’ in front of us in the area where the tanks used to be. As we approached it, it flew down to the ground and caught an adult Ground Squirrel. It was either unwilling or unable to fly away with the squirrel and so over the next 30 minutes we watched it struggle to kill the squirrel and then consume it – all literally within feet of us. I haven’t included any of the more gruesome photos of this event at my Flickr site.
