We got to see a rare treat this morning. As we were getting ready to go outside and take the traditional first day of school picture, Alison points out the kitchen window and asks me "Is that a hawk?". I ask where and she points to the top of their playset. I look out the window just in time to see it swoop down after a squirrel running across the grass. The squirrel manages to make it the tree behind the house (the one closest to the house) and the hawk starts going in circles around the tree as the squirrel is running for its life tryin gto keep the tree between itself and the hawk.
After three times around, Kris opened the back door and scared off the hawk. Funny that she would save the squirrel, the one that is always digging up her flowers. I was actually hoping to see the hawk swoop down and fly away with the squirrel in its talons. That would have been cool.
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This is so cool! My wife and I saw the same thing today, it was an epic battle between a Red Shouldered Hawk and a Squirrel on our fence... We caught it all in photos, check them out on our green blog;
http://www.oureverydayearth.com/2009/10/18/hawk-vs-squirrel/
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