![Christo in the bird bath](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1514/24457631299_cb6cd4bc5b_b.jpg)
Could you pass the soap?
![Christo in the bird bath](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1486/24707423482_567c261a4c_b.jpg)
I saw him take a few gulps of water, something I've only seen once or twice before. Hawks get all the water they need from the food they eat.
![Christo](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1654/24198453673_408f05cfec_b.jpg)
Speaking of food, Christo lept from the bath to nab a rat a just a few feet away. In the photo below, you can just barely make out the giant rat hole inside the fence, just behind Christo's tail.
![Christo catches a rat](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1593/24879519966_6b29c772cd_b.jpg)
(The rat is no longer alive in these photos)
![Christo catches a rat](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1683/24610355390_14e98613cf_b.jpg)
![Christo catches a rat](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1573/24277730004_545dcb59db_b.jpg)
And it's off to the big tree, just north of the bird bath, where Christo can often be found having dinner.
![Christo catches a rat](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1633/24538283969_3f6548a98b_b.jpg)
![Christo catches a rat](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1697/24787965352_0ffe03f5c8_b.jpg)
![Christo catches a rat](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1550/24538307799_b2e533cdb8_b.jpg)
![Christo catches a rat](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1683/24787988992_674b213f35_b.jpg)
![Christo catches a rat](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1582/24905932785_bb2bbf40ab_b.jpg)
Rat.
It's what's for dinner.
![Christo swallows a rat](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1503/24539679669_33dfb5cbae_b.jpg)
Post-meal, Christo pauses, his crop bulging.
![Christo](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1497/24279196444_bb0ba53e1a_b.jpg)
I expected him to take it easy the rest of the evening after eating such a big meal, but he only rested a few minutes before flying off to cut sticks for the nest. Christo is all business.
See more photos here.
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