Watching a bird of prey fly in the wild
There is something genuinely mesmerizing about watching a bird of prey fly through a clear blue sky. It's one of those things that makes you stop what you're doing, squint your eyes, and just follow them until they disappear over the horizon or behind a treeline. You don't have to be a hardcore birdwatcher to appreciate it, either. There's just a raw, effortless power in the way they command the air that makes our own human attempts at flight look a bit clunky by comparison. ...