NOTTA STEELER
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I wanted to go fishing on a Sunday but that didn't happen . I was at home wishing for the river would drop , when a loud BANG was heard .
I rushed to the window at the front of my home , only to see a lifeless Morning dove on it's back on the front decking. Poor thing , I sighed.
The biggest draw-back about having large windows in your home is ; the birds can't tell the glass is there because it simply reflects where the bird is flying from. Which in this case is shrubs and trees . Anyway , back to the dove on it's back ... after seeing the dove , my eyes caught another figure on the snow bank , but because of my position close to the window , it was startled and flew away quickly.
A hawk ..... no wonder the impact of this poor dove was so great ... it was chased by a bird of prey ... flying as quickly as possible it hit the window full force , killing it instantly . I ventured outside , sadly picking up the dove carefully and placing it on the snow bank where I saw the hawk . The damage was done .. little dove was dead , so why not let the hunter claim his kill ... I sat and waited in the comfort of my home , peering through the very window little dove had fallen victim to ...., when all of a sudden there he was , he came to lite on a small dwarf crab tree and started canvassing his gaze about the front garden. He knew it was there somewhere , I picked up my camera and began to document this rather strange development .
He then took a higher perch in the white birch , where his gaze could spot the lifeless dove. In a calculated swift dive , he was on his prize and quickly transported it to the driveway . There he quickly plucked and tore into the dove , always alert , always on guard .
He is rather beautiful I thought . Then a passer by , unknowingly spooked him and with his prize siezed in his talons , he made a quick exit.
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I rushed to the window at the front of my home , only to see a lifeless Morning dove on it's back on the front decking. Poor thing , I sighed.
The biggest draw-back about having large windows in your home is ; the birds can't tell the glass is there because it simply reflects where the bird is flying from. Which in this case is shrubs and trees . Anyway , back to the dove on it's back ... after seeing the dove , my eyes caught another figure on the snow bank , but because of my position close to the window , it was startled and flew away quickly.
A hawk ..... no wonder the impact of this poor dove was so great ... it was chased by a bird of prey ... flying as quickly as possible it hit the window full force , killing it instantly . I ventured outside , sadly picking up the dove carefully and placing it on the snow bank where I saw the hawk . The damage was done .. little dove was dead , so why not let the hunter claim his kill ... I sat and waited in the comfort of my home , peering through the very window little dove had fallen victim to ...., when all of a sudden there he was , he came to lite on a small dwarf crab tree and started canvassing his gaze about the front garden. He knew it was there somewhere , I picked up my camera and began to document this rather strange development .
He then took a higher perch in the white birch , where his gaze could spot the lifeless dove. In a calculated swift dive , he was on his prize and quickly transported it to the driveway . There he quickly plucked and tore into the dove , always alert , always on guard .
He is rather beautiful I thought . Then a passer by , unknowingly spooked him and with his prize siezed in his talons , he made a quick exit.
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