Today I saw Christo masterfully catch a pigeon out of the air, only to watch in horror as he failed to quickly kill it. He apparently had the pigeon by the foot and was unable to get a better grip, so he flew it to a tree and waited while it flapped around, trying in vain to escape.
The struggle went on for at least ten minutes and, for a moment, it looked like the pigeon was going to make it...
That didn't happen. However, I have seen pigeons get away before.
Here, the pigeon looks resigned to its fate.
I actually had a difficult time going through my photos as many are too disturbing. I like pigeons - to me, they are innocents - so it's hard to watch one put up such a long fight and suffer.
Christo experienced a little suffering of his own when one of the neighborhood bully blue jays showed up to torment him while he ate.
I can't end this on a bad note, so here's a pigeon in happier times...
See more hawk photos here and here.
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