Rapturday

[Just a note: if you're not a fan of nature documentaries because they sometimes show nature being natural -- specifically, predators eating prey -- then you might want to skip this post.] This morning I was at my computer, just settling down with my coffee and a ton of emails to get through, when the dogs started barking upstairs. It wasn't their usual "Alert! Alert! The neighbors are outside!" or "Wake up! A truck drove by!" bark -- it was urgent and non-stop. Wondering what it could be, I got up, walked over to the back door, and HOLY CRAP THERE'S A HAWK EATING ANOTHER BIRD THREE METERS FROM MY DOOR! I grabbed the dogs, threw them in the bedroom, hastily told my wife what was happening, ran back to my office to grab the camera, and took about a hundred shots.