A chic dark-phase red-tailed hawk (deep brown except for her brick-colored tail), was demonstrating ground squirrel prep on a power pole by the side of the Surprise Valley Road in Modoc County:
Place your ground squirrel on top of the central pole.
Remove portions of the squirrel and place them on either arm of the crossbar for more precise work.
Stand on a crossbar arm, hold squirrel portion down with one talon, and shred squirrel with your beak.
Eat squirrel bits. From time to time, pause and glare.
To get from one arm of the crossbar to the other, spread your wings a little, and hop.
Continue until you have eaten everything raptorially possible.
When you are done, perch above the sign that says HIGH VOLTAGE and look noble.
Place your ground squirrel on top of the central pole.
Remove portions of the squirrel and place them on either arm of the crossbar for more precise work.
Stand on a crossbar arm, hold squirrel portion down with one talon, and shred squirrel with your beak.
Eat squirrel bits. From time to time, pause and glare.
To get from one arm of the crossbar to the other, spread your wings a little, and hop.
Continue until you have eaten everything raptorially possible.
When you are done, perch above the sign that says HIGH VOLTAGE and look noble.
jeez louise, I hope you got a picture. In any caseyou have painted one in my mind.
Posted by: katecat | November 23, 2009 at 07:30 PM