misty donkey herder on Nostr: That asshole Cooper’s hawk almost got a chick this morning. I was downstairs ...

That asshole Cooper’s hawk almost got a chick this morning. I was downstairs talking to B when I got a glimpse of a shadowy bird diving into the garden, past the raised beds, then Ninja came shooting past the beds screaming her head off. I was (unusually!) too frantic to think clearly and it took at least ten minutes for me and our kiddo to find the babies. Ninja ended up trumpeting her panic from under the dogwoods but the babies were hidden near the attack, in the raspberries. When she finally stopped the alarm call and started the where-are-my-chicks call, at least I was able to call her back over to them so they could stay hidden.