These are next to the smallest of the falcons. I wanted to do an open-winged active bird to give a sense of motion and action. I wanted the viewer to ask whether the male, which is smaller, is taking off or landing. The larger female is at rest but interested in what is happening. The mesquite base wrapped by an interestingly wrapped vine upon which both sit adds more motion and interest to the setting. This was a hard creation to carve and get right to capture a short moment in time that comes and then is gone.