We had the oddest visitor the other day! And he totally snuck in on us. In fact, we had no idea he was even around for hours. All I knew was that the dog was acting weird, whining and refusing to go into the enclosed patio, where her doghouse is. Then my human went out to feed her and I heard this commotion! A lot of scrambling… and flapping. I took a peek through the leaded glass doors and I couldn’t believe my eyes!
It was a hawk, trapped behind the doghouse! There’s been a mouse eating the dog’s treats, so he probably flew in, thinking he was getting an easy snack and then couldn’t find his way back out.
My human pulled away the doghouse, thinking that maybe he would find his own way back out. The hawk wasn’t very big, not quite twice the size of a dove. So he must be pretty young.
And dumb, too, because he couldn’t figure out what a window was, and why it was stopping him from going outside. (I bet he didn’t catch the mouse either.) He tried flying off once and smacked right into another window! You know how hawks have that bone-chilling cry? I swear, this one let out a screech that sounded more like a whimper. My human finally had to throw a towel over him and take him outside herself. Once she tossed him in the air, he had no problem soaring away.
But he did leave us a gift — this feather. I am kind of bummed, though. I was hoping that maybe my human would bring him inside and cook him for me, kind of like cave humans did for their cats in the prehistoric era. So I guess I will never find out if a hawk tastes like chicken.
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Poor little hawk! Maybe he will get smarter when he grows up.
Sparkle you are too funny – and mean! You wanna eat poor baby Hawk ; 0
Loved the picture of you with your paw on the glass!
Poor clueless baby hawk! good thing your human knew what to do!
wow that is so cool. I never did see a hawk up close like that before. poor little guy. glad he was rescued and set free to soar.
Oh wow hes beautiful though, you gotta give him that.
Sparkle, if you caught the hawk and trained it, it could bring you food!!
Him looks delishus… i mean scared. Is a very xciting day for you!
@Rumblepurr – I never thought of that! I should have told my human to keep him instead of letting him go. Since he was so young, he was probably very trainable! Unfortunately, I hear it’s illegal to have them as pets.
Poor little guy. Maybe he decided to leave the mouse for you.
Hey, did you change your formay? I lie the box with the posts whizzing by!
The whizzing boxes are part of a WordPress theme/template called Hybrid News. It’s really kind of a complicated theme, and my human needed help setting it up. She changed with colors herself, but there were at least three css stylesheets that needed to be modified.
Birdies with beaks like that skeer us…but feathers, we like those!
You really got a great look at that hawk. He must have been a friendly one. First he tried to help with your mouse problem, and then he left you a feather as a thank you for saving him. Hawks are almost like the cats of the sky. They are both the ultimate predators of their domain.
I’m not so sure he was friendly so much as very young and didn’t know better! My human said that holding him in the towel and getting to see him up close and talk to him was an amazing experience. The dog and I both wanted closer looks, but she didn’t want to upset him any more than he already was.
Oh, it ‘s not that he was dumb, but just scared. I guess I can’t blame him. Good thing your mommeh let him out safely. Cool souvenir though! I’ll bet it smelled good.
Hobbes likes to smell feathers too.