14 January 08
Cooper's Hawk
They have drastically hacked away at the tree outside my window on the grounds that it’s a storm hazard. The mockingbird that was sat on the branch now has to find somewhere else. I was heartbroken.
This evening a Cooper’s hawk flew in, though, looked around, and took off. It’s an angular bird. They always make me think of the god Horus. May Horus protect us from incompetent tree pruners electricians with chainsaws.
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