Sorry Little One

A pair of legs and tail feathers of a young Harris’ hawk lie scattered on the desert floor in McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale, Arizona on October 27, 2023. Original: _Z726694.NEF

The world is often beautiful but rarely kind, as all the little creatures fed to this young hawk discovered, and eventually the hawk learned too. From what I could see only the legs and a pile of feathers remained, as honey-colored ants recycled what little soft tissue and fluids remained. Bear and I didn’t hike this trail again until weeks later when the only signs of this once beautiful life were a few feathers scattered on the desert floor.

📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 105mm macro
🗓️: October 27, 2023

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