Hawk, Heron, Cormorant

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

San Antonio River, Mission Reach, Confluence Park Trailhead upstream

Today's photos:

This was one of those days when a walk almost didn't happen. Between a holiday altered schedule and the rather cold weather with a high temperature of 51º F, it would have been easy to call the walk off. But once again, I found myself on the River for a short, brisk late afternoon jaunt.

The great blue heron and double-crested cormorant are River regulars, easy to identify; the hawk, not so much. I'm taking something of an educated guess it is a broad-winged hawk, but my level of certainty with that one is at best tentative.