Hawk Finding Dinner
Hawk Finding Dinner
Blooming in Maryland for Memorial Day.
Thanks to Dan Benefield for sharing this experience.
As we returned to our home in Tucker, GA after a nice Memorial Day lunch outing, I noticed a commotion in the flowers alongside our driveway. These are taken from my cell phone, and it's difficult to see the hawk that is in the high flowers by the upper gazing ball. We initially thought he was injured or tangled up in something.
Turns out, he had caught himself a small rabbit and was really struggling to get it off the ground. As I move closer, the Hawk manages to drag him to the other side of the yard.
He is guarding his prey as I begin to move closer, and eventually moves one more time.
At this point he is getting a little tired of trying to move his prey, and as I move closer, he begins to develop more of a defensive posture against me.
In the picture below, he begins to bristle and shriek at me. I translate that to me I better not come any closer lest there will be consequences and repercussions.
This big fella looks as though he is ready to get in my face if I get any closer, so I decide he can just have his rabbit.
Did I mention my wife loves rabbits? Oh well, can't win them all.
HAVE A GREAT MEMORIAL DAY EVERYBODY! REMEMBER TO THANK A VETERAN!
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