Photographs and videos are copyrighted by Larry P. Ammann Equipment: Pentax K5, DA*300, 1.7AFA All images and videos have been cropped for composition and down-sized for web viewing. Return to Bird Galleries Return to first diary page Return to previous diary page Go to next diary page Diary of a Young Hawk By the first week in June, this young hawk had almost all of his feathers and was very curious about the world outside his nest. [watch video here (note the large bug on the trunk in front of Junior)] Junior practiced using his wings to leap and pounce on prey. Now that he is nearly full-grown, Mom and Dad drop off food at the nest... and Junior is expected to eat it by himself. [watch the video here] Go to next diary page