A Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) peers back as it perches atop a wooden post. Raleigh, North Carolina.

A Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) scouts for little critters in the mature sorghum in early Fall. Raleigh, North Carolina.

A male and a female Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) looking for food in a pond. Raleigh, North Carolina.