River Raptors. Part 3 of 3

So, further upstream from where I photographed the Red-tailed Hawk, approaching the U.S. 90 bridge, there is another stand of trees where birds of many kinds tend to congregate. There'll be more about the birds congregating in tomorrow's post. In this stand of trees at the top of the river channel above the trail, a snag stands out from the trees behind it.

I was delighted to find another Red-tailed Hawk perched in this snag. This hawk was smaller than the one in yesterday's post. It obviously was keeping a close eye on what I was doing. If one looks close enough at the first seven photos, one of the hawk's talons looks like a silver hook on the end of its yellow toe:

This set of photographs was taken along the San Antonio River Mission Reach on Wednesday, December 4, 2013.