Wished for a gun today. . . .

Oh, that must have been so hard to see and hear! I know nature has to do what nature has to do, but you can't help but want to help the poor little creatures - they were only babies!!

Aww.. so sad. I've seen hawks grab kittens out of yards, and other birds. It is sad but it is nature. I still think humans are worse for the things they do to animals.

terrible thing to witness. makes for nightmares

that would not be something that I would want to hear. but they have to eat to. Irt is all part of nature.

While I understand that must be difficult to see, the hawks have no such emotion and they are birds of prey and have to survive too.

We get them here, too. I think the locals call them "valley hawks," whatever that means. They pick the birds out of their nests, and the baby squirrels, too. They drop pieces of their dinner in my driveway. When they're around, the mockingbirds go crazy, and send up an alarm cry that takes over the neighborhood. They are not afraid of much, but the mockingbirds will dive-bomb one if it comes in. I can't stand them, but they probably also eat rats and mice, so maybe it's not too bad. What you saw would have haunted me for days.

I once saw a raven fly off with a baby sparrow. It was heartbreaking...

Please do not blame that poor hawk. That is how it is ordained. It is nature's way. We are all here to kill for survival. Don't we kill pigs, cows, hens. Sad but true.

We watched as a red tailed hawk carried off one of the ground squirrels near our garden where I work this Summer. The little thing was still peeping its alarm peep as it was being carried off for dinner.

The circle of life seems so unjust sometimes.

Part of nature I know, but not pretty to see or hear!