It was probably trying to get you to follow it and lead you away from it's 
babies.  Or it was just trying to shoo you away from them.

Marilyn


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "william" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: Gray Hawk story


> About two years ago in summer, while doing the daily destruction of a
> beaver dam, I was accosted by a grouse which (who?) tried to engage me
> in conversation. Or maybe it was "laying the word on" me?
> It was persistent, leaving only when I did and I got within 2 feet of it.
>
>
> Previous relationship with grouse was as predator, but the local forest is 
> full of evergreens (balsam), so think they would taste bad (note the foul 
> taste of Norwegian spruce beer). Never shot any here.
>
> William
>
> On 12/17/2011 07:30 PM, Ray Audette wrote:
>> This afternoon, while practicing his parkour, my son, Gray Hawk ( now
>> 16),  climbed to the roof of a building.  While he was sitting there
>> on the precipice taking in the view, a Redtail Hawk landed (within a
>> foot) next to him.  They sat there together for a few minutes until
>> my son turned and looked into the hawks eyes.  Only then did he take
>> off.
>>
>> Gray Hawk was four weeks old the first he went hunting with a Redtail
>> Hawk.  How today's bird recognized him is a great mystery.
>>
>> Ray Audette NeanderThin.com
>>
>>
>
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