There’s nothing like a Peregrine Falcon flying past your window at work and landing on a sailboat mast to brighten a drizzly, gray day. I love these little surprises nature throws at us every once in a while. (Photo taken along Norwalk River, Dec. 6, 2013)

Photo by Chris Bosak
A Peregrine Falcon rests on a sailboat mast in Norwalk, Conn., Dec. 2013.