Pic(k) of the Week: Morning Joe

What was all that early morning commotion in the backyard, I wondered. Birds seemed to be squawking everywhere, swooping in and out of a maple tree.

Then, I looked up.

A Red-Tailed Hawk(?) had taken a perch in the tree. A swarm of smaller birds were buzzing him, none too pleased by his morning visit. The cacophony became too much for him. He let out his own (very) loud screech, and took off.

All was quiet again, and I poured a cup of morning joe.

northern Virginia
15 June 2012

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Pic(k) of the Week: one in a weekly series of personal photos, often posted on Saturdays, and often, but not always, with a good fermentable as subject. Commercial use requires explicit permission, as per Creative Commons.