Thanksgiving Visit from a Hawk

They are always soaring above our house, waiting to swoop in on an unsuspecting rodent.  But rarely do we get the opportunity to view them closely.  Yesterday as we were clearing the Thanksgiving dishes, this hawk perched on an old cactus spine in our back yard.  I raced to the window to test a new camera, capturing this beautiful silhouette against the dusky blue-gold evening sky.  It then joined its mate at the top of a tree in a neighbor's yard.

The cactus has nothing to do with the hawk's visit, I just liked the way it was pointing at the moon.