I stumbled my way down the stairs in the dark (I've complained to the council innumerable times) and out the door. A bird landed within a foot of me. The proximity surprised me. She looked at me. I looked at her. I was eyeball to eyeball with a sparrowhawk.Time almost stopped as she sat on the kerb and I stood rooted to the spot. She was so close and so composed. I thought I was going to burst with amazement. I moved thinking she would fly away. She didn't. I left looking over my shoulder wondering if I was hallucinating. It made my day.
3 comments:
How very poetic: 'It looked a picture of the way to live' very love-at-first-sight ;-)
Amazing! One of those moments it is impossible to predict or plan. That's one cool sparrowhawk.
first time i was in new york a similiar thing happened to me.
only it was a sewer rat and i nearly burst with fear. the rat just looked at me as if to say "come on if you think you are hard enough".
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