Yesterday I am in the kitchen with the family and as usual taking a look at Karen's birdfeeders to see what's eating what when I see this dark shape with a wing span much larger than I'm used to see in the yard flash by and a slow drifting of feathers fall down. I just partially witnessed a hit by this hawk in our yard! I got all excited and looked on the ground to see if the meal was injured and didn't see anything so I went into our sun room where we can see a lot more of the yard. Nothing. Then I look up to see the hawk sitting with it's back to us in the willow tree, swivel it's head around and take off without a meal in it's claws or beak. Something just escaped. Karen wasn't too happy but I thought that the whole episode was fantastic.
