Here he is with one of the bullies.
![Christo the hawk vs squirrel](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7561/15859118018_3e23325fb4_b.jpg)
Monday saw some different action in the same tree. Dora sat high on a branch while Christo made one pass by her and flew north, to 10th Street. He circled around to Avenue A, then came straight back for the tree. Here he is just after landing while Dora descends from her perch.
![Christo and Dora in Tompkins Square](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7486/16046885275_b3b882f43a_b.jpg)
Then Christo leaps up to another branch and they do a little do-se-do.
![Christo and Dora in Tompkins Square](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7546/15859610110_f9d7df6ef6_b.jpg)
Dora makes a hard landing while Christo shows us what he's got...
![Christo and Dora in Tompkins Square](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8607/16046887475_42dc24197c_b.jpg)
![Christo and Dora in Tompkins Square](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8639/15860844249_b4a971f80e_b.jpg)
![Christo and Dora in Tompkins Square](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7493/16046192572_a566df0fa0_b.jpg)
Then Dora makes her move and Christo is unable to stay on the branch.
![Christo and Dora in Tompkins Square](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8677/15859442548_2c7d252bce_b.jpg)
If you look below the branch, you can see that Dora has grabbed an old pigeon (that grey blob) that must have been stashed there.
![Christo and Dora in Tompkins Square](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7486/16044945311_00547c6c45_b.jpg)
I'm not sure if Christo was also trying to get the pigeon, or if this is just how they communicate. At first, I thought he might have brought her the pigeon, but it wasn't in his talons when he landed on the branch.
![Christo and Dora in Tompkins Square](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7497/16021122126_533024872f_b.jpg)
![Christo and Dora in Tompkins Square](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7464/15424623394_44fefea679_b.jpg)
In the end, Christo flew to a tree a few feet away and the two hawks stared at each other for about ten minutes until Dora flew off to the SE corner of the park with the pigeon. Christo then spent the rest of the afternoon hunting behind the bathrooms.
![Christo and Dora in Tompkins Square](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/16021126116_2bf05e8e23_b.jpg)
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