Duck Hollow on a misty morning, 22 Nov 2025 (photo by Kate St. John)

24 November 2025

Last Outing Before Winter!

Join me at Duck Hollow on Sunday 30 November 2025, 8:30am to 10:30am for a bird and nature walk.

Meet at the Duck Hollow parking lot at the end of Old Browns Hill Road. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. Bring binoculars, field guides and a birding scope if you have them.

When Charity Kheshgi and I stopped by there on Saturday we had three Best Birds: An immature tundra swan (see yesterday’s article), an immature male yellow-bellied sapsucker …

Immature male yellow-bellied sapsucker, Duck Hollow, 22 Nov 2025 (photo by Charity Kheshgi)

… and an immature male Cooper’s hawk that flew up to this pole after a bath in the creek. He was so small and so wet that we had a hard time figuring out his species ID. Was his tail square as for as sharp shinned hawk? We had to use other clues.

Coopers hawk at Duck Hollow, 22 Nov 2025 (photo by Charity Kheshgi)

What Best Bird will show up next Sunday? Will the swan still be there? Come to Duck Hollow and see.

As always, remember to check the Events page before you come in case of changes or cancellations!