Pretty sure this Red-tailed Hawk looks like how many of us feel after this last election cycle . . .

A Red-tailed Hawk enjoys its evening snack in the quiet of an old oak tree. The 3rd image shows this beautiful juvenile using its talon to pull the tough, final remnants apart.

A juvenile Northern Harrier flies over the open grasses looking for its next meal. The dark chocolate eyes says it's a female; juvenile males have pale greenish-yellow eyes. By the time of adulthood, the eye color of both sexes gradually change to lemon yellow. It was fascinating to watch this hawk . . .

Found this beauty in the forest with a bead on an evening snack. This juvenile red-tailed hawk was active among the oaks and some of the fallen logs until it eventually bagged its prey and took it to a safe spot up in the tall oaks.

A Red-tailed Hawk banks to the east while surveying the grasses and prairie for a morning snack.

Red-tailed hawk displays its gorgeous feathering while staring down earlier this Spring in McHenry County, Illinois.