The Hawk

This afternoon we came home, unloaded out of the car and noticed the hawk we had seen before was sitting on the fence.  With 6 kids in tow I thought it would surely fly away.  But it didn't.  It sat on the fence.  We went inside and it stayed around all day.  The kids named him Steve.  Some wanted to feed him but I said no due to the fact that it is a wild bird that's not the best idea.  The crows flew by to see what was up and he chased them around for a while.  Then came back to the fence.   

We looked him up in the bird book and found he was a sharp-shinned hawk.  Probably an immature one.  We had thought this bird was a red shouldered hawk but with him hanging around it was easier to identify him.  I guess it's a him since his name is Steve. 

 Meanwhile we were inside making a fall garland to hang in the window.  First we just painted them but realized they needed more texture so we took the leaves we had traced and made rubbings with crayons on them.  I thought it added a little more depth to them.  Made them emulate the real thing a little more.  They look so cool from the inside and the outside.