It has been raining all weekend and this morning the temperature dipped below freezing so things have started icing over. In preparation for the “Arctic Blast” I cleaned out the garage so we could get Jen’s car in. While cleaning up I took the last bit of bird feed and filled up one of the feeders, I figured it would be nice to put something out for the birds in the bad weather.

This morning when Alex and I got up there were a couple of blue jays, a few cardinals, a dove, and an assortment of other smaller birds hanging around all getting something to eat. I opened the blinds on the windows in the kitchen so we could get a better look.

A couple of hours later I was doing something in the kitchen when I turned around and out through the window I saw the biggest bird I’ve ever seen in our backyard huddled on the ground. From where I stood I could see the it’s back and it had it’s wings spread out onto the grass like it was making a tee-pee under it’s head. At this point I realized that this wasn’t any regular bird but the hawk that help himself to dinner in our yard this summer.

I tried to grab my camera to get a picture but when I turned around it took off and in it’s claws was a bloodied mess of a bird carcass.

“Holy cow, did you just see that?” I called to Jen.

“See, see. I told you. Now do you believe me, the bird’s huge.”

So once again I thought I was doing something nice for the birds and I ended up setting up a buffet for the hawk. I guess everyone has to eat.