Sometimes flight doesn’t go as planned. I’m pretty sure this Canada goose wasn’t counting on the raven, the hawk or the fox that brought him down. I let the dogs examine the feathers in the snow. There wasn’t much left of a carcass and no revealing tracks, so he must have fallen before the snow did.
Two meters from him are the feathers of a red tail hawk. This makes me think both birds fell victim to the “team” of ravens who hang out in the tall cottonwood trees. I’d like to think it is “my” fox, but the thing about nature is I don’t write the endings. The image of my fox jumping for a diving hawk is beautiful, but I think the hawk dived for a squirrel, the ravens went, “Dude! Two for one!” and descended like, uh, ravens.
It’s pretty harsh out there for all its beauty.
“Summer is the season of inferior sledding” - Inuit proverb (Women's Wilderness Legend) 
Nature can be quite brutal.
As Lamont reminds us “Kill or be killed.” 🙂 Such a cheery guy.
We sometimes find feathered remains on our walks. It is most often the fox.
I hope it’s the fox. He’s my pal. The ravens have more opportunities for food than he does.
😱😔
Life in the fast lane…
lmao @ life in the fast lane but yeah, that’s an apt scenario.
That’s how it goes…
Not all fluffy bunnies. Eat or starve.
“It’s just a little bunny rabbit!”
“Bunny rabbit? It’s mean a vicious killer!”
one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies. Right up there with getting your favorite color wrong.
Brave Sir Robin
Cue coconuts.
Ah…the circle of life can be rather sad. I didn’t realize that ravens attack in groups!
Oh yeah, they’re very community minded. I like them. They’re so smart and very playful. It’d be nice to have a reality in which no one is a victim, but…
It’s tough to be part of the food chain!
Definitely. At least when we are, we don’t know. 🙂