Free Flight

It's that time of year when Robert puts in many hours of hard labor tending to the downed and dead timber at our property on Casper Mountain. The timber, having lived a full life as a tree in the forest, now begins a new life as lumber, corral poles, or fire wood.

Sunday the four of us...Robert, myself, Nugget and Comanche...went to the mountain to get another two-cord load of firewood for an order that needed filled. About half way through filling the trailer, we took a snack and water break while enjoying "our meadow" where we were working. As we sat there, we heard a rustling in the trees, looked up and there sat a large red-tailed hawk high atop a tall pine tree. He sat there for quite some time just watching everything below him, including us.


I carry my camera everywhere I go, so quickly changed lenses and snapped a few shots of the young, beautiful bird. After a few "poses", it took to the air and swooped down close to us before soaring up above the trees once again and leaving the area. Such a beautiful sight. It made our day!