Grumpy, the Hawk

Walking out of the education area at Tucson's Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, I got to meet Grumpy, one of the many birds of prey featured at the Museum. His docent identified him as a Harris hawk and said that Grumpy is one of the original raptors at the museum.

The Raptor Free Flight is a popular program at the museum. Several raptors perform their flight patterns right over the heads of admiring humans. The trained raptors also greet museum goers at various spots and times throughout the grounds

It was a thrill to get this close to this magnificient creature yesterday. My art class (I'm taking Pencil I at the Art Institute) went well, lunch at the grill was great, and meeting Grumpy capped off an exciting day.

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Wanda Hayes Eichler