Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath

I was outside today on the front porch.
Heard cooing sound from a morning dove (I like to call it a morning pigeon).
Next thing I heard was a screech from the hawk who live in my tree in the yard.

Turned my head to see and saw the hawk snatch the morning dove right off the wire and the hawk and dove were in my front yard.
Next, I saw the hawk eating away at the dove.

I quietly went inside to get my camera.
When I came back out, the hawk was now on the end of my drive where a puddle forms after a good rain.
It was washing himself(herself?)

It was in the puddle there for maybe 10 minutes or so?
When a car from across the street started to back up out of the garage the hawk took off to my 40year old Blue Spruce in the back yard where the nest is.

Well, I went over where the hawk was eating the dove and found nothing but feathers on the ground.

What is left of the dove:





The Hawk cleaning up after the kill:
(Sorry for the slightly blurry photos)


One good thing about the hawk, it keeps the local squirrels on their toes (and population down) and I've seen less rabbits too.


Haven't seen the red tail fox since the fall of last year. Hope he wasn't run over?
He has done well chasing the rabbits, squirrels, stray cats, chipmunks, mice.
Our neighborhood animal control officer?

Though I do remember seeing the fox during the winter in January, one time chasing a cat (the neighbors Manx)
through my three neighbor's front yard across the street as I was having my breakfast.
Didn't catch the Manx as I watched the fox trot down my street ---- I guess back home?