We were sitting on the stoop this afternoon, getting ready to pack it in after photographing small birds around the feeder, when a commotion drew our eyes to the Chinese Elm that covers the front patio. A hawk (or falcon?) had landed on one of the near horizontal trunks with a smaller bird (a jay?) clutched in one claw. The parent or mate of the captured bird then swooped in to harass the raptor, shrieking all the while. We got one so-so shot before the raptor took off with its lunch.
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A couple of years ago a hawk flew into my back yard, deposited the carcas of a roadrunner in a lantana, flew off, and returned for a snack after a day or two of having the meat "cure."
It's a carbon based world.
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