Fence Lizard

Today I saw a Fence Lizard in the garden.  This adult male had vibrant blue and green specs on its scales.  The lizard was doing push ups on this rock.

Fence Lizard

Fence Lizard

Fence Lizard

Red-tailed Hawks and Crows

Today I was working the garden when I heard a large flock of crows making a lot of noise.  I went out onto the balcony and sure enough, the crows were chasing a red-tailed hawk.  I saw something large in one of the trees and grabbed my binoculars.  It was another larger red-tailed Hawk with a dead crow hanging from it talons.  For some reason the crows were not bothering this bird.  Maybe they couldn't find it?  

Red-tailed Hawk with a crow

 This second red-tailed hawk below was resting from being chased by the crows.

The other red-tailed hawk

While the red-tailed hawks were in the trees, the crows were circling and cawing.  Then all of a sudden I saw both red-tailed hawks fly down the hill and into some trees that were out of view.  I don't know what happened to the dead crow but within a few minutes all was silent again.

Circling crows