ugly beasts . . . beautiful birds

My loft window faces a little plot of trees, some of which took a beating in the 2004 hurricanes. I looked out one morning not so long ago and spied a hawk in the top of a dead pine and immediately snapped a couple of shots. Keep in mind, I am blinder than a bat. When I finally uploaded the shots, I was not all that surprised to see it was not a hawk after all but a turkey buzzard. Yuck.And of course this is not the first time. Frank was looking out the same window one morning and told me of the circling hawks landing in a neighbors tree. I ran out to take some pictures. Again, they were turkey buzzards. So I scrapped them. What the heck.

But lest you think all we get are turkey buzzards, this beautiful guy also landed in our neighbors tree one day.

So nasty or gorgeous, I am thankful I can look out my window and see these creatures. And besides, I bet Mrs. Buzzard thinks Mr. Buzzard is a pretty spiffy dude.