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Harris’s Hawk is a medium to large bird of prey they are classified In order accipitriformes this includes most of the birds of prey such as hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites. family accipitridae are characterized by rounded wings, long legs, and a strong hooked bill. This particular bird is one of a pair that were observed gathering nest materials and transporting it to the palm where they were building the nest.

One of the coolest Hawks out there is the Harris’s Hawk is a medium to large bird of prey they are classified In order accipitriformes this includes most of the birds of prey such as hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites. family accipitridae are characterized by rounded wings, long legs, and a strong hooked bill. These birds, like many other hawks, feed on medium-sized mammals such as hares, rabbits, squirrels, and other rodents but their hunting method is peculiar, they are known for hunting in pack forming groups from 2 up to 9 each bird plays a role in the hunt. This particular pair of birds were observed gathering nest materials and transporting them to the palm where they were building the nest although I was not able to observe them hunting it still fills me up with joy to have been able to find some.

Although one may think that birds are easy to find in the Desert SW since there is way less vegetation cover than in a rain forest, the answer is quite the opposite they are masters at traveling through the bushes and being just out of reach plus their song travels long distances through the air, but one spot that will not let you down was organ pipe near the spring as one of the few places with water all kind of animals gather here and bird are practically everywhere here. This is where I found one of the rarest birds In my collection a bright yellow body with a black spot on its head I could not believe what I had just found it was a Wilson’s Warbler found in an Organ Pipe next to the borderline between Mexico and United Sates. This particular bird is a Canadian resident during the breeding season and winter in central Mexico it was traveling for its spring migration heading to its breeding ground in Canada.

Heading out from Organ Pipe Olesya and I found a small lizard we were not sure what it was, so we called our expert Cory but as he take a look at it, he can not identify it as well. We were amazed, what could it possibly be but with a little research we found that it was just a juvenile Zebra-tailed lizard it was hard to identify because it did not have its zebra tail well defined yet. But this little guy was about to give us a big moment a brathtaking sight that we will never forget a lizard hunting is next meal, a grasshopper, that did not get to hide really well, or we could say natural selection at its pick right there. As we got close to watch the grasshopper make its last jump to try and avoid its fate but the lizard gave him no chance it had his target lockdown already and with follow up jump it manages to grab the grasshopper on its mouth, holding down its head the lizard shakes to kills of it pray but soon he realized something was off. The lizard had bitten off more than he can chew the grasshopper was too big to swallow.