Our neighbors had a couple of backyard visitors the yesterday. They live in the woods behind our and our neighbors’ line of houses, and I often see them circling above as they hunt. (Their arrival surely explains the decline in the chipmunk and squirrel populations.)

One hopped about a bit, trying to get more comfortable

and coincidentally making it easier for me to get a good shot.

But eventually I ventured too close, and it retreated.