2 evenings ago was sitting on the porch watching the natural floor show in the yard, everybody was participating.

Suddenly, with a big flutter, everyone was gone, not in sight anywhere.
Even the hummingbirds were gone. Most unusual.

So I just sat there, sippin, and waitin’ amd watchin’. After about 10 mins, there it was. So fast I almost didn’t see it. And quiet. A winged predator. Couldn’t tell what type, as I said, FAST.

It had made a shallow dive, from maybe 40 feet up down to about 10′ from the ground, and a long curve to the left, between dense trees and shrubbery.

Amazing. I have long thought that birds, and particular hunting birds, can see twice at the same time. Raptors can see long distance and spot their prey, and, they can see very fast detail up close when they are maneuvering at high speed through dense obstacles.

All birds are lightweight creatures, otherwise they’d be too heavy to fly, with thin walled hollow bones, etc., and are pretty fragile. One small mistake in flying between branches and foliage can mean instant death, so they have to get it right every single time.

Our front yard is our TV and it’s always streaming Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom”!