After a week of steady rain, we awoke to a beautiful, sunny September morning today. The constant rainfall this past week had left everything outdoors soggy and doing its best to regroup and dry out again.
A tall sycamore tree grows right next to the driveway in front of our cabin. It's a lovely tree, and it's rare to find this water loving species on our dry site landcape. Kevin noticed that the sycamore had a very grand visitor resting on a top branch today ~ what we think is an immature sharp shinned hawk. He or she has the identifying bright yellow legs of the Sharp-shinned or Coopers Hawk, but we think it's probably the first because this species has made its home in the woods here for quite some time.
Here's a closer look at the hawk. It's so amazing to get a close look these wondrous, elusive birds! Kevin and I felt so fortunate that our morning was graced by the hawk's presence ... and I was also so pleased that from a far off distance inside the cabin I was able to get clear enough photographs to share with you here!
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