Sitting in a Tree...

 

Periodically over the past few weeks, I have heard a raptor calling insistently. One day I looked out front--and across the street and 50 feet up--and saw these two hawks (I'm not sure which species, alas; red-tailed hawks are most common there, but the smaller bird does not have a red tail). 

The smaller one on the lower branch was looking up at the other bird and screeching. Then it took off while the other stayed put. I do think it was a parent and juvenile...the juvenile was begging to be fed and then finally decided it needed to go off and find something for itself. Fascinating!