Saturday afternoon Emma and I were on our way to spend some time together after a baby shower when we called to check in with the rest of the fam. Roddy said Gray had something to tell me so he put him on the phone.
"Guess what, Mom!"
"What?"
"I heard the chicken in the woods {past our backyard} and it sounded like something fell on her because she made a loud squawk and then kept squawking. So I ran to the back door {which is mostly glass} to look for her and I saw the chicken and the hawk flying toward the house. They both hit the window and then I opened the door and the hawk flew off. The chicken ran into the guest room and hid under the bed."
"Oh my word!"
We have been waiting for this. We have woods behind our house that belong to the church my parents attend. So we get lots of fun wildlife including red shouldered hawks. During lunch one day we saw this one sitting on our swing set in the rain. (Yes, that is a toy tracker at the top of the slide!! No, they don't ride it down. Although once we had a smaller riding toy and they did ride it down. Nothing broken.)
"Guess what, Mom!"
"What?"
"I heard the chicken in the woods {past our backyard} and it sounded like something fell on her because she made a loud squawk and then kept squawking. So I ran to the back door {which is mostly glass} to look for her and I saw the chicken and the hawk flying toward the house. They both hit the window and then I opened the door and the hawk flew off. The chicken ran into the guest room and hid under the bed."
"Oh my word!"
We have been waiting for this. We have woods behind our house that belong to the church my parents attend. So we get lots of fun wildlife including red shouldered hawks. During lunch one day we saw this one sitting on our swing set in the rain. (Yes, that is a toy tracker at the top of the slide!! No, they don't ride it down. Although once we had a smaller riding toy and they did ride it down. Nothing broken.)
Another day we saw these two hawks flying over the house.
Most of the time we see one of them on our friend's rooftop or in a tree at the edge of our yard. I'm thinking about borrowing my dad's BB gun. I'd have to find out if it's legal, though. I would love having them if they would just leave our egg-laying pet alone!
2 comments:
I guess your "knocking" chicken finally made it in the house! Glad she's okay. That must have been terrifying for her!
Oh man! Have you gotten her out from under the bed??? I'd be so afraid that predator would come back later for her!!!! Poor little girl!
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