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| Hawk and one of this year's stampy kits |
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| Handsome Cooper's Hawk, note his natty school bus yellow feet. |
We were just sitting down to supper last night when we were surprised by a couple of guests in the back yard: a young Stampy and a Cooper's hawk. Even more surprising was how long they stayed, probably 15 minutes. All other critters made themselves scarce because of a world class predator in their midst. Oddly, young Stampy seemed oblivious-it just went about its business scrounging up some seeds under the feeder. Mr Cooper did a bit of preening, evidently was taking a break after a long day of hunting. Finally, Stampy wandered off under the honeysuckle. Coop turned around, bent over, raised up the rear of his wings like a gentleman lifting the tails on his morning suit and let loose a vigorous, long white stream. He glanced over at us as if to say "Hey, hawk fertilizer is primo!" and flew off.
A note of concern: we haven't seen Sky squirrel in a couple of weeks. I thought perhaps his missing tail fur had grown back and I was mixing him up with Bhadra but we have only seen two squirrels in the back yard recently. Izzy's tail has grown luxurious, no doubt in part to the daily dose of peanuts that she begs for, prairie dogging and practically knocking at the slider door with her tiny fist. "Please sir, more peanuts." Stay tuned.
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