I stumbled across this scene when I got home today around lunch time. This Sharp-shinned Hawk had just captured a Blue Jay and was in the process of killing it.  There were several other Blue Jays in the trees squawking at the scene.  I ran in and got my camera.  I wasn’t able to get much closer than this before the Hawk carried the Blue Jay away.  The Blue Jay was still making noises as the Hawk flew away to a safer place to eat.  I thought about a possible ‘intervention’ but quickly realized that it would not be the right thing to do…  The Hawk would have done exactly what he did, carrying his capture off to a safe place.  I also consider this to be natural selection…

Oh well… It’s just a scene that I don’t get to see very often.  I see various types of hawks frequently but rarely making a kill…

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