What a Surprise!!!!

I don't have my usual project post for today because I just had to show you a surprise visitor we have had for 2 days in a row now.  Here are some clues.  It is a creature of nature. It flies. It is quite large. Can you guess what it could be?

A Hawk!!!!!

Look him standing so regal on the edge of our (unfinished yet) pond.

Here is another look. My husband has done a good job on our backyard with this pond being his last project to complete. So please excuse the surrounding scenery but I just had to show you this Hawk. He wasn't at all disturbed by our 2 dogs walking around the yard either. He stuck around and proceeded to -----

 

Take a bath!! Can you believe it???

 

Here is another view with him in the pond.

                                He is done with his bath now and this  is just before he got out of the pond. He has visited us the last 2 days so I am curious to see if he will be back tomorrow. I mentioned my 2 dogs in the yard---one is a Maltese and one is a Sheltie. I was worried the Maltese would be carried away as he is quite small. But for some reason this appears to be a very docile Hawk. I just  had to share this with all of you.
I will be back to crafting with my next post.

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