26 February 08
Ferruginous Hawk
I was out getting some sodden and rotting straw on the garden when Numenius said “There’s a very light red-tail out here.” I went to fetch my binoculars. The bird flew. “That’s a rough-legged hawk,” I said, noticing the windows in the wings.
The bird returned to its perch. It’s not a rough-legged but a young ferruginous. I didn’t finish getting the straw on the garden and I didn’t sweep the house for my dear friends who are coming for lunch (or another friend who’s arriving from Massachusetts tomorrow, and who requested that we put salt on the bird’s tail till he gets here…).
Housework: oh well.
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I agree…getting a good look at cool birds beats housework any day. LOL!
I really like how the colored paper looks for your hawk drawing.