Big Beautiful Bird

Look what was having it’s breakfast this morning on top of our play set in the back yard.

Sorry the pictures aren’t great. I was taking them from the kitchen window on a high zoom. It is a pretty bird though. I love that we have hawks and owls around here. I can hear the owls at night while I sit in my dining room. It’s so cool.

Anyway, this hawk is a big one. We once had one half its size, at most, chase a bird into our big back window. I heard the thunk and looked out to see the poor stunned bird stumble around while the hawk watched from a branch of our Japanese maple. I think he was too leary of getting that close to the house. The bird came to and got away.