“Elena,” our neighborhood Red-Shouldered Hawk. Photo ©Erika Burkhalter. Photo taken with a Nikon D500 and a 500 mm 1:5.6 PF ED Nikkor lens.

Photography, Nature

Elena, my “Backyard” Red-Shouldered Hawk.

Tales from the neighborhood

“Hi, I’m Elena. I’m the neighborhood hawk. I live here with my lover, Antonio.

You might have met my cousin, Andromeda, and her mate, Alonso, last week.