I was driving home from my cleaning job at the golf course. I was cruising the outbound road when a redtail hawk swooped down and across the pond. I hit the brakes since I thought she might be flying low across the road. She dropped onto the short grass between the road and the pond. I then saw a little rodent hopping away.
As she dropped from the sky, I could see her buff underbelly and the bands of black on the underside of her tail and her magnificent outstretched talons. Such a privilege to see her so close up and personal. Amazing to catch all the action as it unfolded.
The redtail sat on the ground and looked at me as I sat in my stopped vehicle. We gazed at one another for a bit. She finally flew off to the south, opposite of the way I was headed. A couple of cars went around me. One lady was craning her neck to see what I was looking at and they both probably thought "What a nutty woman."
Strangely, these intense wildlife encounters are the moments I carry with me for years. I will enjoy remembering this for a long time to come.
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