Some people count states on license plates when on a long trip. We count hawks. It’s a birder / photographer thing, I suppose. Though, sadly, I never get to stop to grab the photo when we are aiming to get from point A to point B in the shortest amount of hubby time.
On this recent trip to OK over New Year’s, we had a 28 hawk day. That’s probably the most we have ever seen. On the trip home, we had a 20 hawk day–actually a 19 hawk plus 1 eagle day. Still pretty cool!
But on our trip to Dallas yesterday, which is a much shorter trip, we had a 2 hawk day–one alive and perched, the other dead in the middle of an off-ramp, wing reaching toward the sky. Sad. And then to round the trip off, for the very first time, we had a javelina day!
I had heard there were a lot of them here, but we had never seen any. This one was a mighty rotund specimen, eating busily by the side of the road. He should have been glad I am vegan. They will destroy property with all their rooting, and I can see why. They could also do a lot of damage should you hit one with the car, but gladly this fella was keeping to the shoulder.
I don’t intend on changing our hawk counting, but I think I might need to also keep my eyes open to the side of the road, if only for the safety of our bumper.
No pic to follow–point A, point B!
A p r o n h e a d -- Lilly Green 