The hawk

In the morning I heard cocky-girl making a lot of noise so I went to have a look what was going on. As I open the door I saw a big bird carrying prey flying from the mandarin tree on to our veggie patch. Upon closer inspection it appeared to be a collared sparrowhawk. And it had actually caught a sparrow (NL: musje). When I got as close as 4 metres it flew to the next garden, the little sparrow still trying to escape from it's big claws. It was amazing to see.

Image and more info from: http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/bird/230.

In the afternoon I finally went to the office again after 3.5 weeks. To celebrate I bought doughnuts.

When Nicole picked me up it was dark.