I live in a decent neighborhood bordered by absolutely nothing. Beyond my backyard is untouched nature for miles. Because that's true I get to see a lot of wildlife I would not have seen otherwise. I've seen coyotes... I've heard packs of 30 of them howling as loud as they can... but the coolest thing I've seen is the HAWK.
FIRST EVENT
Yesterday morning I was outside feeding my wonderful pup and I noticed that on my side of the little river-shaped lake in my backyard that there were ducks all in a row and evenly spaced on the shore.
I watched them lay motionless for good while, but they then unexpectedly and all at once lunged into the water and dove down. A split second later a hawk swooped from right to left exactly where the ducks had previously been. Absolutely insane.
SECOND EVENT
Today I was outside playing with my pup and I noticed a hawk hovering roughly 300 feet in the air over the wilderness behind my house. He starting flapping his wings like crazy, went back to a glide, and then just dropped. He plummeted all the way down below the very low tree line, went out of sight for a second, then came flapping back up with something in his talons. He flew like 40 feet up, dropped it, then flew back down and stayed there. Insane.
Hawks are badass birds.
visual aid of backyard
FIRST EVENT
Yesterday morning I was outside feeding my wonderful pup and I noticed that on my side of the little river-shaped lake in my backyard that there were ducks all in a row and evenly spaced on the shore.
I watched them lay motionless for good while, but they then unexpectedly and all at once lunged into the water and dove down. A split second later a hawk swooped from right to left exactly where the ducks had previously been. Absolutely insane.
SECOND EVENT
Today I was outside playing with my pup and I noticed a hawk hovering roughly 300 feet in the air over the wilderness behind my house. He starting flapping his wings like crazy, went back to a glide, and then just dropped. He plummeted all the way down below the very low tree line, went out of sight for a second, then came flapping back up with something in his talons. He flew like 40 feet up, dropped it, then flew back down and stayed there. Insane.
Hawks are badass birds.
