“Hey honey, you got a second?”
“Sure.”
“Okay. Don’t get mad.”
(sigh) “What happened?”
“Neil thinks he saw an eagle come down and try to get a squirrel in his yard.”
“Why would I be mad about that?”
“Because you get mad when we think we see birds.”
“Well, why don’t you two boys go out and try and find it, then write it up in the blog while I’m busy in Atlanta.”
“Okay.”
Vicious Eagle-on-Squirrel Assault Leaves Local Man Scared, Shaken.
The terrified man, shown here protected by his faithful hound, was “simply glad to have survived the encounter.”
Here he indicates where the savage attack took place… right outside his own window!
Your faithful reporter thought he meant here. Turns out that was your faithful reporter’s own bootprint.
Turns out he meant here. Imagine the event, if you will. In fact, you sorta have to.
Here the witness looks at the tree into which the bird flew, following the attack.
Pictured: the tree into which the Eagle may have flown. Not pictured: the Eagle.
Your faithful reporter scans the skies for sight of the fell beast. What’s that? Has the eagle returned, red in tooth and claw?
No. Just some bees. Strangely out and about in sub-zero weather, they quickly proved more than a match for this humble correspondent, who beat cheeks after rescuing one or two from a snowy grave.
THE END.
Sharon will return tomorrow. I know, I know. We’re all glad.
The image of where the eagle is not pictured is absolutely terrifying. =P
Very very funny. . . .
I believe it.
How I love your posts Bill (shhh, don’t tell Sharon).
Two brave men and a hound indeed.
Dear Faithful Reporter,
Eagles have teeth? Does your wife know about this?
Wow!!! I’m so glad Cabal was there to save the day. I think it has to do with the snow camouflage he was born with. Be sure to have the hero of the day with you for every birding excursion.
Nice story.
Also, excellent photos. I wish we had proper winter like this in Cambridge/UK…
If the frightened man _believes_ he saw this incident, perhaps we should humor him and tell him that, yes, it did happen. And then an angel of the Lord swooped down and took the squirrel up to Heaven where it now collects acorns to its heart’s content.
this is just so much fun
I do love the fact that Cabal appears to be yawning in the first photo.
Sounds terrifying; it’s a good thing Cabal was there to scare away the evil bird!
“beat cheeks”?? is this a technical birding term?
Stellar.
The eagle is quite plausible.
Cabal’s bravery and aplomb in preventing attack, especially by sticks, is well documented.
Squirrels deserve it.
The wintry bees, however. That’s gotta be photoshopped. Unless they’re demon bees.
I’m kind of scared about bees being out, the weather has been colder than i thought they could take. Demon bees!!
Hey the bees just wanted to know what all that stomping was about…
Shame about the lack of eagle. Still, at least you had a possible eagle, which is more than I’ve ever had in my garden (living in not-really-eagle-territory).
Those images of the reporter’s bootprint and the tree the (possible) eagle may have landed in give such a vivid picture of the event!
The frightened man is lucky he had that Dr. Who scarf to protect him.
that’s life…I love eagles even if I am a peace & love person
This post may give me nightmares …
well done! doubt Birdchick could have done better.
What have they done to my blog? Where’s the bird photo? Any bird?
I must say I love the scarf… I have one exactly like it that I made last year.
Awesome fun ~ Thank you!!
I don’t think I’ve ever read a blog post that was more in need of sound effects.
She’s gonna have to be pretty good to scale the heights you reached so effortlessly….
Neil looks way HOT in those pics. Great post Bill.
Beautiful “snow” dog. Great picture of him bounding through the snow!