This is Amelia, chilling in the last light of the day on Wednesday.
![Amelia](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/910/39761729200_fe297a6c60_b.jpg)
Christo, performing a fly-by.
![Christo performs a fly-by](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/791/40858797524_4100a74da0_b.jpg)
Christo shows off his powerful legs...
![He's got legs, and he knows how to use them](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/858/40858798814_8c76b4661e_b.jpg)
...which he uses to catch prey like this pigeon.
![Christo with prey](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/847/39711841970_9ce808ffd2_b.jpg)
And this rat.
![Christo with a rat](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/834/40628041235_6d12145b11_b.jpg)
Wednesday evening, Christo caught four rats in a row, which he took back to Amelia who waited on a branch near the Krishna Tree. Below, Christo is on the left, Amelia is on the right, and a rat is in the middle.
Are you going to eat that?
![Are you going to eat that?](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/875/40677469925_7bb66d49d4_b.jpg)
Amelia takes the rat.
![Amelia takes a rat gift from Christo](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/819/26701837007_43f7d6b6ca_b.jpg)
She ate it, but discarded the stomach. The hawks don't eat this part and they will kick it over the side of the perch - one reason never to stand beneath them while they eat.
![Rat stomach](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/861/40677024565_fe1477b3ab_b.jpg)
The NYPD later parked their cruiser right on top of the stomach.
Christo (below, right) finishes off the last rat drumstick.
![Christo offers Amelia a leg-o-rat](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/796/39761952170_e9546e3418_b.jpg)
Dinner over, sexy time!
![Christo and Amelia mating](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/870/40677467325_1eeb87dcb6_b.jpg)
![Christo and Amelia mating](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/818/40677468625_0a8932e4c8_b.jpg)
Amelia gazes up at Christo atop the cross at St Nicholas of Myra on Avenue A and 10th Street.
Isn't he just dreamy?
![Amelia and Christo](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/873/27649418658_16da0da5be_b.jpg)
You can see more recent photos of the hawks on my Flickr page.
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