Lo and Behold

Will you look at this handsome fellow?




















Yesterday I was minding my own business, working on an apple pie for The Spouse, when I looked up and noticed this gentleman, calmly perched on the fence between our house and The Neighbor's.




















He sat there for quite a while in bird terms, long enough for me to snap these piccies of him through the window. (I didn't dare go outside lest he fly away).

The Dog seemed to be equally intrigued because he just hovered by the sliding door in the dining room, emitting a low little rumbling growl as opposed to the full-scale bark-o-rama that he would normally unleash on a bird in his yard. Perhaps he had the sense to see that lurking beneath the placid, unruffled exterior of the bird lurked the heart of a predator with a fondness for puppy meat.




















Actually, I don't know that this bird eats puppies. I do know that he is a Cooper's hawk. We have neighbors who are avid birders and I showed them the pictures. They were very excited that he'd come to call.




















He looks so dapper with those tweedy looking chest feathers. I have decided to call him Reginald. I hope he comes by again.

And that's what I saw out my kitchen window yesterday while I was making apple pie for The Spouse.