Soaking Wet and Annoyed

Oh so wet!  Rain drips off his beak off his feathers, off the mossy branch and off the twigs.  He (a sharp-shinned hawk) is perched in our front yard, hoping to catch sight of a meal.  All the lucky birds have disappeared.

This shape-shinned hawk was a regular visitor to my yard in December.  Sometimes I sketched him though the front window, and sometimes I eased the bathroom window open and could sketch without any glass between us.  I haven't seen him for a couple of weeks .... good for my yard birds.

He reminds me of an owl .... lots of head bobbing when he is hunting.  Such a treat to be so close to a relaxed, wild hawk.