pigeon hawk

I came home for lunch today because I got my mini back yesterday night - turns out the computer (brain) was the issue.. they replaced it.

So i get home and glance out the window before letting the dogs out and notice feathers all over the lawn and then see out of the corner of my eye what looks to be a pigeon.. so I assume the pigeon is hurt or something or he’s picking out all his feathers going crazy.. so I grab my camera so I can take a pic and show Josh, and when I go out there I realize woah that’s no pigeon, it’s some sort of hawk and it’s still standing on a dead bird! I take the photo as quickly as possible and run back in the house… don’t want to get in the way of a bird and his prey:

I guess my running into the house intrigued Damien and he wanted to go outside even more than usual.. but there was no way I was going to let him out there and face off with that bird and get some sort of bird flu. So I ended up letting him out in the front yard in the mulchy area. When I got home I cleaned up the feathers off our turf the only way I could think of- with a vacuum cleaner and then some disinfectant cleaner we use to clean the lawn:

Josh retrieved the dead carcass when he got home and apparantly all that was left was a rib cage and a bit of wings… ew the hawk thing ate the head and beak?!