Up close and personal with the neighborhood hawks

John Phillipson noticed several hawks nesting in the palm trees behind his house in the Menifee Lakes community recently. They are also using a neighbor's chimney as a food table. John climbed up on his roof and took this shot of three of the hawks hanging out one recent afternoon.

John is now eligible for the Photo of the Month award in our "Menifee in Pictures" contest.

"Menifee in Pictures" is a regular feature on Menifee 24/7. Readers are invited to contribute photos for publication. Email your photos as a .jpg file to menifee247info@gmail.com and selected photos will be published, along with your name as the photographer. Please include your full name on the submission and any explanation about where and when the photo was taken. If your photo is selected from among those published as the photo of the month, you will win a gift certificate from Merna's Cafe, where great American and Mediterranean food is served in the Sun City community in Menifee.