Thursday, October 13, 2011

Hawks Go To Church







Morning comes softly over the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Sacramento. And now the drama begins.



The pigeons on top of the tower are flushed by a Red Tail Hawk (red arrow) trying to grab a fly by breakfast. Unsuccessful.



Here comes the other hawk (red arrow) hoping to nab a pigeon who hasn't seen the memo about the breakfast fly by. Again unsuccessful.




The pair of Red Tail hawks are having a meeting in a nearby Sequoia tree to discuss the breakfast situation.


As the pigeons settle in catch some more rays on the roof of the tower.


They are once again disturbed by a hawk on another breakfast fly by, note the dark blur on the left side of the pic. Unsuccessful.


I expect the hawks can do this all day. I want yell at the pigeons. I want to tell them to become Catholics and move to the roof at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament!

10/15/11 Edited to add this sequence:


A new morning. The hawk makes a breakfast fly-by.


And snatches a pigeon off the roof of the tower.



And flies off with it to a nearby tree. Pigeon fans do not fear. Because a few moments later the pigeon broke loose and flew out of the tree. Hopefully wiser.

I like my new camera. Its a Lumix with 16X zoom and a bunch of features that make it a little magic picture box.

That's my corner of the world!
Franco Rios
Sacramento, Calif.

1 comment:

sciencewrighter said...

Wonderful story-telling, Franco! Thanks for posting to CV Birds.