Best of the Fortnight

Here are a few of my favorite photos, in no particular order, taken during the first two weeks of December:

Cooper's Hawk in Tulip Tree

American Coot

Immature Red-tailed Hawk being coy

Northern Saw-whet Owl annoyed by chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatch

American Robin

Fox Sparrow

Merlin with bloody talons

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Great Blue Heron on blustery morning

Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)

Immature Red-headed Woodpecker