This Red-shouldered Hawk has the nearby woods all to its self, soaking up some sun and surveying the wetlands below at Huntley Meadows park. Even though this hawk was enjoying some solitude, the park was full of a variety of ducks, including Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Hooded Merganser,Gadwall and Northern Pintail. Huntley Meadows is a popular gathering place for many species of birds in the winter.

The evidence of winter is still very much around with ice patterns and the the remains of last year’s vegetation in the wetlands.