WITH VIDEO
Submitted by Scott Jackson-Ricketts, Blue Ridge Discovery Center
You’re out weeding your garden, perhaps hiking the New River Trail, or just driving along a country road when suddenly you spy a raptor overhead, stretched out like a board, a nine-and-a-half-pound bird with a wingspan of 80 inches, its white head and tail sealing the identification, a graceful marriage of bird and sky.
Take another look if you can, and savor the moment.