close encounter

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Enjoying the afternoon sun yesterday, one leg propped up on the other knee while sitting in a chair on the back deck, a small Cooper’s hawk suddenly appeared over my lap and fluttered in place briefly before flying off onto a nearby tree branch. I could see the color bands on its tail as the hawk sat there before flying away. It must have thought my bony chicken leg easy prey. Safe to say we were both rather surprised 🙂