A light overnight snowfall revealed an early morning drama:
I think a hawk stooped on a squirrel, perhaps launching from the utility pole by the garden, scuffled across the driveway to the right, and hauled breakfast off to a nearby tree:
The driveway always shows many tracks, but the ones entering from the center-right don’t continue out the left:
Another view:
A pair of squirrel pups appeared in the last week. They’d make a good, easily carried hawk breakfast.
Go, hawk, go!
More respect for squirrels! http://mentalfloss.com/article/524606/15-reasons-you-should-appreciate-squirrels
As they say: “taxpayers had to submit a minimum of 10 squirrel scalps to the town clerk each year”.
Do that with deer and they wouldn’t have an overpopulation problem!
He hunts hard for the money…
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