These are not great photos, but it was dark most of the day and most of the bird activity took place under the trees.
Christo started things off by catching a squirrel.
![Christo kills a squirrel](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5113/14202797525_213fec0440_c.jpg)
![Christo kills a squirrel](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5575/14222941163_cfddf54e50_c.jpg)
This one turned out to be...erm...my squirrel, as he flew it right over my head and dropped it. I looked around in shock. People sitting on nearby benches kept their noses buried in their phones and didn't see a thing. I picked up the squirrel and added it to the collection of rodent bodies on the central lawn.
Meanwhile, as I was busy cleaning up his mess, Christo went and caught himself a second squirrel, which he ate in a tree.
His lunch was interrupted by this guy.
![Weeeee!](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2920/14016212627_8fbaa5eb11_c.jpg)
Note the claw marks along the squirrel's shoulder, as well as the extra pair of squirrel feet sticking out from behind the tree branch.
A post-lunch siesta was disturbed by a pesky robin.
![A robin torments Christo the hawk](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5567/14222937863_133c80e62e_z.jpg)
And then a blue jay. This one actually hurt Christo, stabbing at his head and causing him to fly off with an annoyed wimper.
![A blue jay torments Christo the hawk](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2903/14016166330_954ffb1d80_z.jpg)
He took the remains of his squirrel up to the nest...
![Christo sails by with half a squirrel](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2895/14016135799_df9a53c1ab_z.jpg)
...where Dora briefly got up from shielding the chicks from the heavy rain and wind.
![Christo and Dora](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5235/14222947823_af218b342a_c.jpg)
'Til next time...
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Laura, why do you disparage these photos, I think they are magnificent. They tell the story like a graphic novel.
ReplyDeleteDark and fuzzy...the lighting conditions were really bad, so I had to overexpose and blow out the highlights just to be able to see things like the robin.
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