[lit-ideas] Re: A hawk circles Duffy unaware, 3-22-11

  • From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:03:37 -0700

Susan says she would give her life for Duffy, and I believe her; so could I
do any less when he is in my care?  Actually I don't think in quite such
sacrificial terms.  I think more in terms of "risk" than "sacrifice."
However large this red-tailed hawk might be, and though I normally love all
creatures great and small, I would rush to Duffy's defense and with my
hand-honed hiking stick bat the hungry hawk back up into his tree.  

 

Lawrence 

 

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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: A hawk circles Duffy unaware, 3-22-11

 

Lawrence, for whom are you rooting -- Duffy or the hawk?  You should give
Duffy a haircut so that he doesn't look as big and take hm and your cell
phone down there.  Make a short film of the attack and put it on YouTube.
If it's gruesome enough, you'll be a national sensation.

 

Failing that, I seriously recommend that you do a "photojournalistic essay"
on the Troll.  He interests me far more than your dogs -- I know that hurts
your feelings and I'm sorry, but there you are.  Maybe if you do that, then
David Ritchie will send us pics of the Gardener -- and committ himself to
passing on top secret national security messages from Lit-Id.

 

That would make me happy.

 

Mike Geary 

Promoter of Photography of Nekkid Womens

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Lawrence Helm
<lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In the later photos (see "The Vultures and the Troll") the wings don't look
bright red, but the day wasn't as bright - maybe in certain light, or maybe
part of the underside would look red if the day were brighter.

 

At the time, Duffy was isolated.  I have read about hawks and owls attacking
small dogs, dogs under 20 pounds, and Duffy weighs 17 or18.  They can't
carry them off but they can kill them and eat them on the ground.   Probably
Duffy is in better shape than the small dogs I read about so he could dodge
if he saw the hawk coming - if I could get him to look up.  Also he has a
fair amount of fur which would probably help.

 

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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: A hawk circles Duffy unaware, 3-22-11

 

Mostly they eat mice and rabbits and avoid confrontation unless severely
stressed. Red tails are all over the place and they're about as much of a
threat as owls. They wouldn't dare attack your dogs, even if challenged.

 

 

From: Lawrence Helm 

It had bright red wings.  Are they territorial?  Seems like I've seen hawks
near the same place when I walked the dogs in the neighborhood, but the
previous hawks I saw were much smaller and less colorful.  The next time I
go that way I'll take a different lens & maybe a different camera.  But it
may have been as low as it was because of Duffy, perhaps out of curiosity.
So if it sees us again it may not be so curious.

 

From:  Eric Yost

Probably a red-tailed hawk or broad-winged hawk. It's difficult to tell from
the photo. Hawks kettle, i.e., circle on thermals, and the word "kettle" may
refer to the activity or to the collection of hawks circling.

 

From:  Lawrence Helm

 

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Lawrence

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