Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Red tailed hawk in the field

Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is one of the common most hawks of North America. As the name suggests it is a bird of pray and one of the largest hawks (Buteo). Its range and numbers have expanded due to human habitations in American plains.  They are popular with falconers in US, because they are so common and easily trained as capable hunters.

I observed this bird hunting for field mice in a community garden. Unfortunately after catching the mice the bird flew off  and I could not capture a photograph.










Saturday, November 10, 2012

Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) in late fall

Common buckeye or Buckeye (Junonia coenia), is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family, seen in North America. It is named for its conspicuous target-shaped eyespots.

Junonia is a genus know as Buckeyes and Pansies, which has origin in Africa, which then dispersed in Asia and then elsewhere. Has about 30-35 species world over.