For some time now there have been three black birds who have been hanging around my neighborhood. I don't know if they are crows or blackbirds, but I'm pretty sure they aren't ravens.
I've been watching them.
Usually when I come out, one of them flies off and the other two hang around.
Today I was watching them.
There was a barren branch that extended above the still leafy autumn tree line. I did not see the other bird at first. Not untill the two crows (I think I have decided they are crows) landed on the branch and it ruffled its feathers. I think it was a hawk or a peregrine. It blended well with the background of the leaves.
At first the crows just sat there and the larger bird became more and more uncomfortable untill it took off.
The crows followed it into the sky as it slowly circled away. They made a few swoops at her wing feathers. I'm not sure why I think of the larger lighter colored bird as a she.
It just seemed an interesting occurrence.
Copyright October 2008 Anhkah Heratic
a.k.a. Monnie Nonnie No
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