Strange noises are strange in order to attract our attention. We heard a loud THUD just a few minutes ago and ran to the window. We were not disappointed. There was a dove lying on the ground blinking its eyes but otherwise not moving. Even his eyes stopped moving and there was a bird sized pool of blood under it's head.
Carefully looking about there was a Cooper's Hawk just a few feet above it. It had obviously stopped short of following the dove into the window; those are pretty quick reflexes. My daughter came through the back door and scared him away. BUT we were patient, figuring that he wouldn't leave such a fresh tasty morsel go to waste.
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| He moved from the deck... |
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| to the apple tree... |
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to within striking distance of his Easter lunch.
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Anticipating his next move I put the camera onto the video setting...
