The first full moon of 2012 finally rose above the clouds last night and was visible through the trees. The bird of prey made the photo of the day over the moon, because I found the bird to be much more exciting than than the moon. After more careful analysis of yesterday’s photos, Ingrid (our resident bird expert in the office) and I decided it was not a peregrine falcon, but rather a juvenile cooper’s hawk. I updated yesterday’s entry.  The white crowned sparrow in the second photo was one of the birds the hawk desired for lunch yesterday. The last photo is a still life of one of the scented candles we’ve been burning during the holidays and a card we got for Christmas.