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Monday, June 13. 2011

Watching me


I always seem to have close bird or animal encounters on Pentecost, and I like to think it's The Holy Spirit visiting me in a form I can recognize. This fellow had a young Cottontail rabbit in his talons, and he is not going to let me take it away from him.


Somebody should phone PETA or the ASPCA.



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I dunno.... he might have a shank nearby to take care of 'the big ones'...
#1 Fred Zeppelin on 2011-06-13 06:54 (Reply)
If he's just killed the Easter Bunny, how could it be the Holy Spirit?

And, my eyes are getting worse. Is that hawk's head actually swivelled 180 degrees to look at you? I didn't know they could do that...
#2 Big___Al on 2011-06-13 07:40 (Reply)
They sure can.
#2.1 Bird Dog on 2011-06-13 07:58 (Reply)
I remember from being a small Badger Cub, watching Mr. Green Jeans bring in an owl, and showing, by having the owl follow his finger, that owls can rotate thier heads more than 360 degrees.
#2.1.1 SCOTTtheBADGER on 2011-06-14 02:28 (Reply)
Tell your bird to clean up after itself when its having rabbit and coffee for breakfast.
#3 NJSoldier on 2011-06-13 10:12 (Reply)
Curiously, I and bar mate rescued one of these birds yesterday, Pentecost.

Hawk had stranded hisself along a busy highway and the bar mate came in bar lookin' for help to snatch it.

We each took a hooded sweat shirt and approached from two directions this 18" tall predator bird, easy enough and than put it in a box before sending it to a local avariary.

Red is color of Pentecost.

Hmmm.
#4 Leag on 2011-06-13 21:13 (Reply)

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