last ditch Hobbies

went to this territory this morning and found a lot of empty Hobby branches and after an hour with nothing I left with that sort of sadness that accompanies the passing of some friends -- this afternoon the sun broke through briefly and as it warmed up I went back in a last hope of seeing my friends again before they set off south -- a moulting adult Peregrine passed over and then suddenly two of the juvs were there hawking insects and calling high overhead revealed the male and the third juv -- all presumably still present but surely not for much longer --- it was a white sky day but sometimes you have to take what you can get
all pics with Canon 5D3 and 500 f4 + 1.4x -- may sell a 1D4 at this rate --