Another Bird and Another Turtle

 

I have blogged photos of a bird standing atop a turtle not once but twice before.  (Here we see another example of a Ring-billed Gull with a Red-bellied Turtle.)  I am starting to think that this sort of situation is not all that uncommon.  

An internet search reveals that a bird (and in particular a crane) standing on a turtle is a common theme in sculpture.  I suppose that I should post some pictures of these sculptures, but I don’t have the energy to do that.  

Muskrat in the Mud

 

Bricks

 

Crow (Possibly a Fish Crow)

 

Violet

 

Crocus

 

Views of a Hawk

Recently I saw a Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), which seems to be the only kind of hawk that I ever see.   It was sitting in a tree by the river on a cold and very windy day.  

This was probably my best picture.

This would have been a good picture if I had gotten all of the bird’s head into the frame.

And this might have been a good picture if it had been in focus.