Hoping For A Goshawk

This afternoon we went a little hike up the ridge east of Cold Canyon. In part this was to allow us to look up Thompson Canyon on the opposite side of Putah Creek, where we will be doing our Christmas Bird Count a week from tomorrow. It is evident it will be quite a hike next week. Our target birds include sage sparrow and pileated woodpecker. On the way back we stopped at the co-op, ran into Laura D. who said that one year a while back when she did Thompson Canyon they saw a goshawk. Maybe we’ll have similar luck.