![Amelia with dinner](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266166991_f711f1a843_c.jpg)
All that was left was the drumstick.
![Amelia munching on a drumstick](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49265701383_ec375fde64_c.jpg)
Foot in mouth!
![Amelia demonstrates foot-in-mouth](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266357072_5274208c96_c.jpg)
A post-meal beak-cleaning:
![Amelia cleans her beak](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266356912_d528075728_c.jpg)
After such a big meal, Amelia showed off her huge bulging crop. She then spent the next hour resting and digesting.
![Amelia shows off her bulging crop](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266356687_3b734f853b_c.jpg)
Meanwhile, Christo took up a pose on his golden throne, the top of the flag pole in front of the park offices.
![Christo on his throne](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266807222_2c936df1a6_c.jpg)
Something caught his eye...
![Christo diving off his throne](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266807067_3d2510fe8b_c.jpg)
I followed him to a tree near the Temperance Fountain, where he was taking in the last of the late afternoon sun.
![Christo the red-tailed hawk](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266807022_076f97f3e8_c.jpg)
A squirrel approached, but Christo wasn't interested.
![Christo and a squirrel](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266614431_f8e43b0cf5_c.jpg)
Instead, Christo chose to dive after something else.
![Christo dives after a rat](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266805507_c9c51d36f9_c.jpg)
Something right in front of me.
![Christo dives after a rat](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266804677_8647c118af_c.jpg)
My camera lost focus after this. He landed on a rat that had been frolicking in the grass a couple of feet in front of me.
![Christo going for a rat](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266804482_14a4671f28_c.jpg)
There it goes...
![Christo carries off a rat](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266611351_7d7239eaef_c.jpg)
Christo obligingly paused for a brief pre-dinner photo op.
![Christo with a rat](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266802377_2b7b536c67_c.jpg)
![Christo and his rat dinner](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266148058_97889c65d2_c.jpg)
The procedure is to pop off the head and eat that first.
![Christo eats the best part first](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266609206_0683a31ce0_c.jpg)
As Christo enjoyed his dinner, an immature Cooper's hawk snuck into the tree across the way and watched as Christo ate.
![Immature Cooper's hawk](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266165721_1be2939cbb_c.jpg)
No time for chasing Cooper's hawks today! Christo quickly downed the rat and took one last look around before the sun disappeared behind the buildings.
![Christo post-dinner pose](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266608861_ba0c2fa15d_c.jpg)
And then he went off to roost under a fire escape. In winter months, he usually does this, keeping close to the warm brick buildings.
![Christo retires for the evening](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49266608526_15e7f17536_c.jpg)
After Christo was put to bed, I returned to check on Amelia. She did not stay in the park, but disappeared over the buildings west of Avenue A where I was unable to relocate her. I've only caught her going to roost once - she's much more secretive than Christo, who sticks close to the park at night.
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