a new beginning

So, I've been neglectful of many things this past year, including this blog. Not that I ever stopped taking photos, but in sharing them, and putting thoughts to images.
I've been fortunate this year to be witness to a pair of nesting red-tailed hawks, as they carried twigs and built their new home; watching them nearly every day as they soar, hunt, and feed, and continued to create their nest.
And just recently, I was treated to the calls of their juvenille young hawk(s) as they call to mom and dad to bring them food. "Scree!" "Scree!" Here is one young hawk, feeding on a small squirrel. So close, and so completely unafraid of me or my camera.

I'm so lucky they call my neighborhood 'home'.