This is a delightful series of photos of a hawk on the Conservancy’s BKS tract.
It’s rare to see a hawk on a road like this, but clearly this one likes the Conservancy’s preserves…even the road.

Big bird
Photo taken by Conservancy staff at a Conservancy preserve, 2025. With this article is a photo of a Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) in flight. It’s on one of the Conservancy’s marsh complexes. While the Conservancy has prepared the preserves mostly for the benefit of the Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni), …