This is not a firsthand account, but I thought it was worth sharing:
Saturday afternoon I was out and Andy was home with the girls when he noticed some commotion on the patio.
We have a wonderful patio in the courtyard of our building. Two other neighbors have courtyard patios next to ours. One neighbor puts out bird food to attract all kinds of city critters, and often there are pigeons who stop by for a snack.
The pigeons stopped by for their snack Saturday, but so did a hawk. It swooped down, caught and killed a pigeon on our patio. Andy and Alli watched the carnage for a while. Andy took lots of pictures. Alli asked lots of questions.
The hawk ate his fill and left a feathery, bloody mess in our planter as he gracefully flew out of the courtyard.
Saturday night we learned that if Squab is on the menu, it means pigeon meat. Interesting.
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