No, really. I couldn't eat another bite.

So I didn't get to go birding yesterday, because of Lorelei's illness. But today made up for it. A bird came to me.

This is the juvenile Cooper's hawk that I have been cheering on for a few weeks. I hadn't seen it get a kill until today. I saw a "big brown bird" on our front fence, which is the signal to grab my camera and at the same time, hit the floor and start crawling toward the window.

I was so proud of her (I am called it a her because this is a fairly large Coop).

Ummmm....skin.



Slurp!



What a cute bird. She stood there for a minute after she finished, looking around as if to say, "Look what I did! I got foods!"



Look at that nice, full crop!
"Burp. Excuse me."



Then she hopped onto one of the upright posts and looked around again.
"I ates a birdie! I is so full!"
I was silently jumping up and down for her. Good job!



When no one (other than I) gave any applause, she took off.

I stepped out after she was gone, to be a Chimp.



The largest feathers I could find seem to point to a house sparrow.
Good Coop. Good, good Coop. Come back tomorrow. Eat them all. Please live long and prosper, and please nest here next year. We have nice trees and lots of house sparrows and we don't use pesticides. We are nice neighbors.
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Feeling much better today, thank you. And ate cookies.