Sunday, April 8, 2007

mother nature at work

Just now I heard a thump and a few squawks outside my kitchen windows. I looked outside to see a red shouldered hawk struggling with its breakfast, then flying off across the street. I didn't even see what was in its talons. It may have been a sparrow. A few minutes later, the only evidence of the struggle was small gray feathers swirling in the wind.

First time I've ever seen a hawk in my yard. I've occasionally seen peregrines in the Loop and in other cities, or seen red tailed hawks out in the country. Mother nature is all around us.

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