Tristans Buddy Found Us

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This guy was just a baby, maybe a bit older. More like a teenager, when we first saw him. A few years ago, right before Tristan's back legs started going out on him. I noticed him circling us from above while we were playing throw the rock already. He would follow us from electric pole to electric pole on some occasions, as we walked. Tristan never did pay much attention to him, but I always thought it was cool to see a red tail hawk. I have seen him a couple of times over the past couple of years, but not nearly as much. Always neat to see him. Usually, that is down in the dry river bed. Maybe he has been paying attention to us more than I thought. The other day when I was cleaning out all the weeds in the front yard, my sister came out and said, "what is with all the bird feathers?" Then, a couple of days ago. My brother spotted the red tail hawk taking off from our pine tree in the front yard, as we were all out front talking. He headed straight for the river bed. Had to be the same hawk that joined Tristan and I on walks from time to time. We came to the conclusion the hawk evicted the tiny birds that made their nest there. By evicted we mean eaten. I do not think he got them all because just saw two of the little birds land on the neighbors roof. They looked to be observing what was left of their nest. They bravely flew back into the pine tree and slowly made their way up to their foreclosed nest. The hawk surely must have taken corporate banking lessons.