a grand show (page 308)

Image by Linda from Boynton Beach, Florida (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26439739@N05)

Silhouetted against the red of the cliff, a hawk swoops down and flies parallel to the riverbed, no doubt searching for steelhead (an ocean-going rainbow trout that returns to spawn), or one of the half-pounders that make these waters their home. Whenever Alice and I come here, we never fail to see at least one of the indigenous Cooper’s or Red-tailed hawks making a grand show like this.