Design - "December Stamp"
Designer - Lizzie Kate
Fabric - 28 count Mocha Cashel linen
Fibers - GAST - 2 strands over 2 threads
Started - 13 December 2010
Completed - 28 December 2010
I'm excite to share a new yard bird with you.
This is the usual kind of raptor I see.
A large, young Cooper's Hawk.
Now for my Thursday Afternoon Surprise.
A warning - it is a bit gruesome as it is eating dinner.
Look at thus guy!
Look at the HUGE yellow eye.
That's what immediately caught my attention.
It's a Peregrine Falcone!
And yes it's eating a bird - you can see the feathers in its mouth and flying in the wind on the right side of the photo/
As I said a bit gruesome.
But what a magnificent bird.
I was fortunate to have a co-worker ID it for me - she was extremely jealous.
At one point there were only 47 breeding pairs in the lower 48 states, but with protection and the end of DDT, they've made a good come-back.
I don't know that I'll ever see it again, but I certainly will continue to look and take photos of the raptors that land in this old-growth snag.
