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Call me Ishmael, but I have been obsessed on getting a decent picture of the Red- Tail Hawks that have been flying into the City of Lancaster. Despite being called a “chicken Hawk”, these common birds of prey feed on mostly rodents, and rabbits. They generally like open places to hunt, such as farms or open fields.

So i am surprised to see them in the city limits, where it is tough fly and hunt with their wide wing spans.

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Left: is the huge antenna at U.G.I, near Farnum field. You can see the skeleton of the new Convention Center in the backround.
Right: is  one of two Red tail Hawks who are in the “light stage” this means they are just past the juvenile stage.   You can see the white breast, which will become darker as the bird ages into its “dark stage”.
well i am sure I can get some closer pictures in the future,
All well, Happy Memorial day.

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Some guys just Ham it up for the Cam.

and then others…like this Red tail Hawk:

are too busy hunting squirrels to wait for me to catch a close up.

(dont worry The Hawk here went empty handed…Lancaster squirrels are very quick…This birds prey made it to the safety of his tree.)

with the unseasonable warm weather in Pennsylvania…and the forcasted Nor’easter tomorrow,

it seem like a good day to get some pictures with my, very new digital camera.

So after jumping in my truck and getting some stuff at the dollar store:

I headed out…

I was way to lazy to do any real walking with my cam.
Today i went over to Millersville State University. Millersville is only a couple miles west of the City of Lancaster. It is an easy drive to to the Pond there.

M.S.U started as an academy for teaching. It is still highly ranked for preparing students to become elementary and high school educators. M S U has been ranked in the top 100 schools per dollar tuition every year for at least 15 years now.

I have family and friends who are Alumni of Millersville State University. It has stood as a  solid community resource for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for along time.

Strange how Animals will adapt to live around us.

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