A Nature Story

This morning while I was working on my last story of the week I looked out my basement window to see a small baby rabbit out in the yard. I also saw our cat who also took an interest in the bunny as well and figured he was about to grab his lunch. The cat, however, seemed more interested in just playing with the rabbit rather than eating it.

After a few minutes I saw the rabbit run out into the middle of the yard and then looked up to see two broadwing hawks circling overhead and it was obvious they were more interested in the rabbit as a meal than just playing with it.

But then something else happened I didn't expect and had never seen before. Two crows suddenly dropped from the sky between the cat and the rabbit. The crows gave the cat a hard time and forced the cat to back up and lay flat on the ground. One of the crows then actually picked the rabbit up a few inches off the ground but couldn't hold on to it as it tried to get in the air and dropped the rabbit to the ground.

Then came another surprise. We have five or six mockingbirds that hang around here and one of them went on the attack after the crows forcing them into a couple of small trees. With the crows gone and the cat still laying on the ground (She's been harrassed by the mockingbirds numerous times.) the baby rabbit jumped up and ran back into the high weeds. A few minutes later the cat then came to the window scratching at the glass to be let in. She had had enough of it all.

As far as I know the baby rabbit is fine and well. The whole thing was really something to see though. %-)