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In reply to the discussion: Most unusual encounters with a wild animal (any kind that isn't someones pet) [View all]bullsnarfle
(254 posts)"BANG!"
I ran out the front door and looked, there was a big beautiful hawk on the ground, as well as a pigeon beside him (her?). The hawk had apparently attack-dived on the pigeon and misjudged, hitting the side of the house. Hawk was breathing but stunned by the hit. Pigeon was croak city.
We have a lot of cats in the area, so I sat down, fairly near, and kept a watch on the hawk. I figured if it turned out to be injured I could take it to the local bird rescue folks. After a few minutes it came to. It looked at me for a bit, but I was stock-still and I guess it figured I was not going to hurt it. It finally took stock of itself, seemed to be ok, then it poked the pigeon a few times with its talons (to be sure it was dead I guess). Then it got a good hold of the pigeon in the talons and flew off. Pretty cool.