Last night when I returned from walking our dog, there was a hawk standing in the middle of our street. A biker had stopped to check it out as well, and we thought it was hurt and couldn't fly. I called the police to find out where I should report it, but as I was talking to the police, the hawk flew up to a nearby tree. It was dusk, and we couldn't tell if he was injured or bleeding, but since he could fly, I told the police everything seemed okay.
This morning we woke to the hawk hanging out under one of our pine trees in the back yard. This seems to be pretty odd behavior for the hawk, since we have them all over the place around here and this is the first time I can remember one hanging out on the ground. I took the fuzzy photo below just before he flew off again, for another close tree. He can take off and fly, but I can't tell how well, since he doesn't fly for long.
