Basking on the Slab

Glided straight down from the cedar feeder onto a broad gray slate stone! It was baking hot under the midday glare! Target... bed! I flopped forward and splayed my belly flat against the rough rock! Wings spread all the way out, soaking up the heat like twin sails! Toasty warmth buzzed right through my talons and scales! My claws went limp, jaws slackened, and I propped my chin right on a crumbly crust of dried lichen. Pure power nap! Even a sky hunter needs a heavy solar recharge!