Two weeks ago, I posted a
story about an amazing visitor I had.
I recounted that a magnificent raptor, a red-shouldered hawk, made an
appearance in my yard.
I was struck by its beauty. I managed, just barely, to photograph the
hawk and include the image with the post.
Today, I woke up around seven-ish
and fixed myself a sausage, egg and cheese croissant and a hot cup of Tazo
Passion Fruit tea, grabbed the newspaper and went outside to enjoy the 70°
late summer morning on the deck.
I set my plate and cup down on
the table and went back inside the house to grab my camera because I had seen
some butterflies fluttering in the morning sun in the rock garden.
My property has a lot of trees; white
oak, black oak, pin oak and post oak.
There was a trickle of leaves lilting to the ground in the gentle
morning breeze.
I was skimming the headlines and
moved on to the Op-Ed page and began to read a letter written to The World’s
Most Dangerous Community Organizer from former ambassador to Obama, Mark Erwin
(U.S. Ambassador to Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros).
He ended his letter this
way: “Our military is an organization of
war, not peace. Military leadership is trained to destroy the enemy. Our
actions have consequences far beyond the contemplated limited attack.”
I looked up from the page to see
another large bird that had landed on the ground. It was scouring the ground for
something. When it heard the rustle of
the paper, it flew up in a branch of the white oak tree just above it.
Trying to be as stealthy as
possible, I grabbed the camera and snapped a photograph of a juvenile
red-shouldered hawk. Perhaps the
offspring of the hawk spotted two weeks ago.
I was far more poised this time
than last. I was able to zoom in fairly
closely and I think I got a good picture to share with you.
I think I’m safe in assuming that
the hawk from two weeks ago has, in fact, built a nest in one of my trees or
one nearby and that today’s visitor must be its offspring. That’s my hope and today, once again, I can
say life is good and I have been blessed.
Enjoy your Sunday and may you find
an unexpected blessing in your day.
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