Sunday the 4th was an absolutely gorgeous day in this area — clear, warm, sunny. So I decided to get out and play with the new camera. Went for the first time to a place called the Dismal Swamp in Edison. It’s nice, small, an easy hike. For the longest time, there was very little real activity — a downy woodpecker here, a red-bellied woodpecker there… Finally, I was on the red trail, paralleling that part of Tyler Road, and this amazing bird flew into my view and started playing “king of the hill” on a pole top (the other competitors were a northern flicker and a blue jay). This one won:
American kestrel