13 September 07
Red-tailed Hawk
Another young ground squirrel bit the dust outside my window at work yesterday, this time courtesy of a red-tailed hawk. The hawk flew up into a sumac and looked around, carefully, for about five minutes before starting to tuck in. There was a lot of ground-squirrel screeching, I think by the hapless young one, that stopped after a while.
Because the hawk stayed for quite a long time in the same place, resuming poses, I was able to get quite a few sketches done, including one in color. And I was glad of my new monocular; I have a pair of binoculars at my desk but they’re way too heavy to hold while you’re sketching!
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