TODAY I WAS IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY RESEARCHING GRAVES AND MONUMENTS I HAD READ ABOUT. I'M PUTTING TOGETHER A WALKING TOUR OF THE CEMETERY. SUDDENLY I HEAR A CHIRP CLOSE BY, 15' FROM WHERE I WAS STANDING A RED-TAIL HAWK WAS ON THE GROUND EATING A SQUIRREL.SHORTLY AFTER A SECOND HAWK SHOWED UP IN TREE ABOVE FIRST HAWK.PROBABLY THE MATE AS THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR HAWKS BREED.I HAD MY BINOCULARS (WHICH I DIDN'T NEED) AS THIS WEEKEND IS THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT. WHAT A VIVED VIEW THROUGH BINOCULARS.FROM SO CLOSE I COULD SEE THE RED MEAT BEING RIPPED FROM THE SQUIRREL. HAWK LOOKED AT ME MORE THEN A FEW TIMES BUT DIDN'T BUDGE.I DIDN'T WANT TO DISTURB HIM SO I RETURNED LATER TO EXACT SPOT AND HAWK AND PREY WERE GONE. NEXT WEEK I LOOK FOR THE NEST.
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