Thursday, February 21, 2008

even more ooh, aah than the moon!

JUST saw a HUGE sharp-shinned Hawk sitting at my back door. Literally! I opened the back door and there he was, we gave each other such a fright. It looks amazingly like southern Africa's Rock Kestrel. The book says they like to sit near bird feeders and nab little birds. Shame! Now the birds will never come to my feeder. You should have seen Henry and Oleo scurry inside after he flew off. Don't think he is big enough to actually catch them though, especially with Oleo's retrieved beer belly.

3 comments:

Di said...

you feeding your cat beer?

Natasha said...

oh but she loves it so!

Di said...

hmmm, it explains quite a lot - both her behaviour, and my one true love's disdain!