Red and Orange.

3-23-21 SHORT HILLS: Another May-like day, we’re getting spoiled. I was at Home Depot yesterday to get fertilizer and saw several quince and bought one. I was looking for the camellias that they had a few weeks ago, but they’re all gone. 

So I threw out the first shrub to open the season. The quince went near one of the English hollies on the south border. It’s Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Orange Storm’, after that I did a bit of pruning. While on break, I take a lot of breaks, I saw a big bird land on top of the Dawn Redwood, which is 60-70 feet tall. She/he stayed in place long enough for me to get the cam and a few pix—red-tailed hawk. For a moment there were two on the tree top, but the other left.

Red-tailed Hawk from a lofty peak.

Looking the other way, all those balls on the tree are the cones, ready to drop.

Saying 'Good-Bye' and showing off the red tail. Sorry it's a bit fuzzy.