Red-Shouldered Hawk Visits Danville Creek

Donna Nicholas sent us this picture she took on July 10 of a Red-shouldered Hawk perched above Danville Creek.

She told is she took it with her Canon 60D.

"It was the best shot of about 50 of them that I took," she said. "He was flying low down the creek, behind the Danville Court Apartments and I saw it land in a nearby tree. I am always out by the creek hoping to spot one and it was my lucky day!"

Red-shouldered Hawks are common along the California coast and areas east of the Mississippi, according National Geographic.

It also says that these hawks are "Stable, as far as is known."

Are you a bird watcher? Have you seen anything interesting lately?