Today I scared away a Cooper's Hawk on my way to open the chicken coop. The darn thing was perched under the lean-to of the barn where the pigeon loft is located-smart bird. What I didn't know is that one of my landlady's quail was dead in the loft. When she went out to clean up this morning she came running back to the house shouting, "The Cooper's hawk is trapped in the pigeon loft." She is a licensed falconer and had been wanting to trap a Cooper's hawk for some time. Anyway, the pictures tell the story. It was just such a cool thing to be present to this moment today. The first picture is of my backyard area where the hawks perch-usually in the last poplar tree. I love my life!
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WOW! That's amazing! Wish I'd been there to see her trap it. Will it return?
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