Red-tailed Hawk

Red Tailed Hawk cooling off in a pond

I was at Elsen’s Hill not long after I had been introduced to it as a great area to bird, especially when the warblers are migrating. There is a very small pond near the parking lot that you have to pass to enter the area. Generally there is either a Kingfisher there trying to get one of the planted goldfish or other local passerines around the pond. This time there was a RTHA under the brush at the edge of the pond. I think it was hunting but then waded in to cool off.