The sound of an unfamiliar chirping caught my ear this morning. Then I spotted baby chicks, one after the other leaving the tall grass and crossing the driveway and dodging under the truck. At first I wondered if Heta and Mayme...naw. Remembering that I had two cats outside, I ran out and collected them, each with an empty mouth! That is when the mother quail showed herself. Her tail was all fanned out and she was squaring off with the Chickens.
Once back inside, I am watching the slow pace of the morning return out my kitchen window when a large shadow crossed over the yard. All chirping ceased and even my high octane, industrial strength Amazon Chicken Women went into hunker mode. It turned out to be a raven. My next google. "Do Ravens eat baby chicks?"
All of this drama brought to me by my almost free oversized windows on the world.
Love the view through the window. Bet it was quite the show watching them little chicks run by and momma spread her feathers.
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