The not so Common, "Common Black Hawk".

In desperate need to rid my mind of gutter politics, at least for a few hours, Dana and I, joined by our 83 year old friend Carl, headed up the Bee Line Highway this morning for a bit of birding.

It was a wonderful morning.  Not too hot.  Not too cold.  We birded 2 locations about 30 miles north of Mesa.  The results were excellent as we picked up 2 new species for our year to date list.  These were; Warbling Vireo and Cassin's Vireo.  The highlight of the morning was the sighting of a pair of Common Black Hawks.  The hawks were busy next building so we observed from a safe distance, got our photos and left them to their business.  When I got home and reviewed the photos I was thrilled with the one of the hawk just before it took flight with a branch for the new nest.  Hope you like it too.

Short post tonight.  Mission accomplished.