[MDOsprey] Lunch

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I was out pruning a bush this morning so that I could see the bird
feeder better from my kitchen window.  I was bending the tall limbs over
and cutting them with pruners when I heard a call.  I glanced over my
shoulder and saw a Sharp-shinned Hawk coming directly towards me with
talons first aimed at my eyes.  He turned at the last second and landed
in my pecan tree, but not before I had a taste of what lunch might feel
like.

I guess the movement of the seed pods and the squeek of the pruners must
have been a good imitation of prey.  Still calling it made another pass,
this time just zipping close by.   I am sure to check out how it was
fooled.  Then it landed in a cedar with small birds flying in all
directions.

I hope it found lunch.
Patty Craig
Dameron, MD
pattycraig@mail.ameritel.net

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