“The outstanding characteristic of perception is that it entails no consumption and no dilution of any resources. The swoop of a hawk, for example, is perceived by one as the drama of evolution. To another it is only a threat to the full frying-pan. The drama may thrill a hundred successive witnesses; the threat only one – for he responds with a shotgun.”
-Aldo Leopold-
“Red-tailed Hawk”
A Thousand Acres of Silphiums 
Reblogged this on Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River and commented:
Beautiful shot from Bill Duncan’s Blog:
Nice pants! (This is what we always say upon seeing a hawk in such a pose.)
You’re going to start charging each time we log in, aren’t you? Nothing this good is free. So be it; Visa ok?
Best image and quotation combination yet. Superb, Bill. Thank you.