Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Wondrous Sightings No. 7

Dear Blog People: I continue to be blessed with sightings of birds of prey, most recently by the baby Broadwing Hawk that plummeted to the side of the road, right in front of the truck, to claw out a little vole, mole or chipmunk. Something small anyway. Where else -- but Warwoman Road. By the time it appeared, this hawk was upright with talons down. Pretty fierce, even for a baby.

Several weeks ago, up in Montana, a bald eagle rose up from the Flathead River and led us along a forest byway for several miles. That is one big, powerful bird!

My mate tells me there is likely to be message in all this -- like what am I going to pounce on next?