And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A falconer I once knew said while sometimes referred to as Sparrow Hawks, they're members of the Falcon family. He had quite an impressive female Red Tailed Hawk.
Kestrels love standing on fenceposts while they're waiting for lunch to pop up.
ReplyDeleteThey also like to perch on electric distribution lines here in GA. AKA Sparrow Hawks. Great little birds!
ReplyDeleteA falconer I once knew said while sometimes referred to as Sparrow Hawks, they're members of the Falcon family. He had quite an impressive female Red Tailed Hawk.
DeleteKestrel's, my favorite raptors. Se them trout fishing, they wait near berry and seed patches for the tiny birds to swoop down on.
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