Watch you like a hawk

So this is a hawk in my backyard, sitting on my clothesline. I've never seen one so close up before and it was quite nice to see it. Hopefully it will come back.

I only got to take one photo before the dog scared it away. We get lots of magpies in our backyard too, so I will get some photos of a magpie. I'm not the biggest fan of magpies in the spring. They can draw blood and often scare you when you are concentrating on the road.

"Spring in Australia is magpie season, when a small minority of breeding magpies (almost always males) around the country become aggressive and swoop and attack those who approach their nests, especially bike riders."