Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Wednesday: bird of prey

We were leaving the gym today and saw a bird of prey on the grass.  We watched it a while; it was having it's dinner.  We started walking towards the cars and realized it was right off the driver's side of Ben's car.

We got the kids in the car I was driving.  The bird of prey was still there, eating away.  The cars going by weren't bothering it a bit.  There was one car with people that was also watching the bird.  Ben ended up getting in the car from the passenger side.  Luckily, for the bird I guess, the car was electric and so Ben was able to pull away without disturbing it at all.  It was pretty neat.

My best guess is that it was a Cooper's Hawk, but the bird book says that there are a few that look very similar.

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