Hawks and Chrysogonum virginianum

A early morning walk found us (a good friend and me) admiring Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) and the emerging green of the oak-hickory forest in the 'back' of the Garden.

It's a lovely forest, with Piedmont azaleas and sweet shrub in flower (not to mention the oaks and hickories, achoo!)

We heard one of the red-shouldered hawks calling in the forest and coming out towards the meadows, we saw a pair soaring high up, barely within reach of my camera lens.

Red-shouldered hawks in the Garden

A pair of red-shouldered hawks, their nest completed, were carrying on loudly in the botanical garden where I work this morning, chasing away a third hawk, and calling loudly. Here's a link to the post on the What's Happening in the Garden blog.