One brief moment

Another shot of one of the Rough-legged Hawks that I was fortunate enough to see when Flickr friends, Ron and Trish, took me with them east and south of Calgary on November 20th, to look for Snowy Owls (none) and Hawks (35+). These Rough-legged Hawks were so skittish and almost always flew off as the car slowly approached. A few times, one would stay a second or two on its perch, barely long enough to focus my camera when we had pulled to a stop. Took many blurry photos, lol, but am so thankful for the ones that did come out sharp enough (though this one is a little soft).

Someone is coming here today, to take a look at my very old heating furnace and water heater and give me an estimate for new ones. This just has to be done for safety reasons, as some furnaces in other units developed cracks about five years ago, so this should have been done at least three years ago. Better to be safe than sorry! Hoping that he can install very soon, as lots of Christmas Bird Counts start in about 12 days' time and I really don't want to miss the ones I usually go on, if possible.

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rough-legged_Hawk/id

7:00 p.m. - Hold Your Clicks a moment please!