eye of a hawk

We did some more work on the raised beds, started designing a Marama webpage, visited Blaze and picked up Wag, Graham’s ‘huntaway’ dog who was staying with neighbors while he was in Nelson.

After all that, we went for a drive around the farm so I could see the farther paddocks and the river. As we were driving around near the river, we saw an injured hawk struggling to fly. It crash-landed in the water and didn’t look too happy there, so Miva waded in and threw Graham’s jersey over the hawk to bring it back on land. We got it back on land for a few seconds, then it tipsily flew back in the river and we figured it must have decided it was time to die.

It was pretty crazy seeing such a powerful bird so close up and in such a vulnerable position. We think it broke a leg and a wing in the wind & hail storm yesterday.