Red-tailed Hawk

There's a red-tailed hawk in a eucalyptus tree near my office. This afternoon there was quite a ruckus coming from the nest as Mama and Papa Hawk brought take-out dinner home. Tomorrow I'm going bet with a slightly better camera and my binoculars. I love their cry; it sounds so wild in the middle of this urban blandness.

In Which May Flowers

Sweet little pincushion cactus at haystack.

Thistle bloom.

Nesting red-tailed hawks (three adults are tending to the three 15-day hatchlings in the nest built on this tower)--apologies for the fuzziness of the photo. I hope to have a better camera someday so I can get really gorgeous shots (but it still has to be portable).