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09-29-2004, 05:02 PM
I stopped at the big intersection near my house and looked over to my right at the lawn in front of a savings and loan. A fookin' HUGE red tailed hawk swooped down out of the air and nailed a rat sitting on the grass. I turned right and circled around the building, stopped and jumped outta the truck.
The hawk was sitting on the grass not ten feet from me and devoured the rat while I watched. His head was the size of a tennis ball, just an incredibly big bird that watched me, uh, like a hawk. :D People that were sitting at the light were pointing and flipping out, a few of them came around the building and joined me watching while the hawk ate.
When it was finished it took off and flew up to the top of the strip mall sign. His (?) wingspan was around five feet.
What a wonderful thing to see right in the middle of a city of 250,000 people.
Made my day. Hawks are badass, they migrate down this way in the winter and provide mucho good views for me. What beautiful birds they are.
YEAH! :cool:
The hawk was sitting on the grass not ten feet from me and devoured the rat while I watched. His head was the size of a tennis ball, just an incredibly big bird that watched me, uh, like a hawk. :D People that were sitting at the light were pointing and flipping out, a few of them came around the building and joined me watching while the hawk ate.
When it was finished it took off and flew up to the top of the strip mall sign. His (?) wingspan was around five feet.
What a wonderful thing to see right in the middle of a city of 250,000 people.
Made my day. Hawks are badass, they migrate down this way in the winter and provide mucho good views for me. What beautiful birds they are.
YEAH! :cool: