Red Car Canyon: New Year's Hawk Video

Photo: Gary Vlahakis, January 1, 2017.  A Red Tailed Hawk perched atop the huge Chinese Elm Tree near the opening of Red Car Canyon.  (The tree is recovering from the Silver Lake Fire.)  

Just moments prior to this photo, the hawk was walking around, "wandering the trail" until Vlahakis and his dog approached.  The hawk moved upslope on the Lake View side (where the video below begins), then