So this is one of my better pictures of a hawk. Hawks will also prey on chickens (everything likes to eat chicken!), so we are putting welded wire on the top of our runs too. Since our property is mostly wooded, removing hawk perching sites really isn’t an option. This particular hawk lives along one of the walking trails in town. I noticed him because a Blue Jay was yelling at him; I startled him into flight when I pointed my camera lens at him. But we do have hawks and owls in the neighborhood.

The thing about taking my camera on my walks is that I always find SOMETHING to photograph. Sometimes wildlife, sometimes flora, sometimes I just like to experiment. This photo of the moon and trees is a composite that I put together with Photoshop because I couldn’t get the trees and the moon in focus in the same picture.

Some times I will even take a picture of my dog (he is awfully cute). Here is how he feels about me stopping and taking pictures.