Well the snow continues to fall and fortunately I have no assignment today. At mid morning, my wife noticed some movement in a tree in a neighbors yard. To my surprise it was a hawk, most likely a Sharp-shinned Hawk. It sat in a tree overlooking the recharge basin behind our property, waiting out the snow like the rest of us. Or perhaps waiting for lunch to pass by in the form of another bird or a mouse. Based on its drab colors, designed I think to provide natural camaflage, it blended in with the bare trees quite well. Later, after my lunch, I looked again and it was gone. I felt happy to have been able to get a few pictures while it was still there. But I would have enjoyed it taking to flight so we might have seen its large wingspan, which is easily over 2 feet normally. Perhaps the bird will return to its newfound perch for further opportunities to feed on the local denizens which populate the recharge basin, a home to many.