“Who are you really, [W]anderer?”—
and the answer you have to give
no matter how dark and cold
the world around you is:
“Maybe I’m a king.” – from A Story That Could Be True, William Stafford
Harris’s Hawk, also known as Bay-winged Hawk, is a handsome raptor of the southwestern United States down to South America. In Texas, this species is resident in southern parts of the state, as well as localized areas in the Permian Basin and the Rio Grande corridor of far west Texas.
None of which is McLennan County. This bird is a post-breeding vagrant.
A wanderer.
This individual near-Buteo was first discovered at this location on 19 September 2020.
Despite other competing raptor species in the area, this regal being remains; atleast at the time of this posting.
Whether it stays through the winter, wanders in, or wanders out; I was thankful to enjoy moments of its morning hunting routine at an allowed distance on this Sunday.
Good enough for me.
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