BACK COUNTRY BY ROBERT ADAMS
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Red-shouldered hawk perches on a wild muscadine
grapevine, both Florida natives. The hawk surveys the
dense woods. Wild orange trees in the back ground
add bright orange color and contrast to the jungle of
green leaves and gray Spanish moss. While the owls are
king of the night, hawks are king of the day as they prey
on squirrels, mice, frogs, birds, snakes and large insects. A
ROBERT ADAMS