Red-shouldered Hawk

Every Sunday I always look forward to my Mom coming over. We have a nice breakfast and Mom and Keith enjoy drinking their Bloody Marys while I casually watch the backyard birds and tidy the kitchen. All of a sudden a Red-shouldered Hawk swooped down to a pile of leaves by my bottom pond and snagged a small snake. By the time Keith and Mom could turn around he was history. I get so excited when I see nature at its finest.

Anyway,I'm sure the snake was on his way to my bottom pond when he was snatched up by the Hawk. It was a good thing the Hawk came by when he did cause Keith was heading outside to replace the pump after he finished visiting with my Mom.I'm not sure how eager Keith would have been about working on the pond if he'd found the snake in it:)