Morning Hawks

It didn't take us long to realize we weren't in the city anymore (not that we moved from the city but we are much farther out in the country than we were before).  Little clue started us off like the lack of every hearing any cars, the sounds of chickens clucking in the distance, and the total silence at night.  We signed the papers, had new mattresses delivered, and slept in the living room for our first night. When we woke up the next morning, we noticed large birds in the back pasture.  The more we looked the more we realized they weren't just another big bird visiting us.  We watched them fly around chasing mice and snakes and listened to their very distinctive call and knew that we had a family of hawks living nearby.  Of course, we were super excited and tried to be quiet not to scare them off.  We watched them that morning and every morning for the next 2 weeks.  Every morning when we would wake up they would be out there either sitting on the fence post or flying around chasing their own breakfast and hence they became known around here as the Morning Hawks.

They hung around for about 2 weeks and then they just disappeared.  We really don't know why but their disappearance did come about the same time as we started getting lots of rain.  We continue to glance out the window toward the fence post every morning waiting for the day they will return.