A Parking Lot for the Birds

As mentioned previously, I work in Boulder. It's a fairly good sized city, in both land area and population. Hardly what I'd consider "rural" or otherwise, though it is surrounded by a lot of open space (which is great!). But what I saw today in the parking lot was just cool!

I pulled into work and just as I was shutting off my car, I saw this HUGE red tailed hawk come in for a landing on a car. A few moments earlier I had seen a squirrel scamper by, so I assume the hawk was stalking the squirrel (RUN SQUIRREL!). But the hawk landed on a car and just sat there, for nearly 5 minutes. I got out and just watched it. Its size alone was mesmerizing. Eventually another coworker parked nearby, and he had a camera capable of taking some nice pictures. It flew away moments after this shot.

Rating: 5 Squirrel Nut Zippers