"C'mer, you've got to see this."
"What? What's happening?"
"Just come to the animal barn...and bring your camera."
"But I'm in the middle of something."
"No, just hurry or you'll miss it."
Well, whatever it was I knew I didn't want to miss out on a fun photo, so I ran from the restaurant up to the house and then down to the animal barn (with no coat on!) wondering what silly antics Jason's goats were up to that I just had to see.
I bounced in through the front door and Jason just said, "Look up."
Which I did, and he asked, "Have you ever seen one so close before?"
I have never seen a Red Tailed Hawk in such close quarters before and he was both beautiful and terrifying...and trapped. We don't know which stall he used to fly into the animal barn, but he didn't seem to remember how to get out of the small doors. We could see that he had an injured foot and was agitated, but we really had no idea how to help him. all we could do was(after a few photos) open all the doors wide and wait.
Well I got cold waiting (without my coat!) So with one backwards glance at our regal hawk-friend (and his amazing talons) I trotted back to the restaurant hopping he would find his way out on his own. Jason told me that he flew away about 20minutes later, but not before grabbing a nearby pigeon to take with him. Funny, some days the circle of life is close like that.
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