Bird calls

[Ron Nossaman]

There I was this afternoon, tuning the fifth of six, looking out a big
floor to ceiling picture window onto Tabor College campus, wishing I was
out there in that beautiful day with those robins instead of inside trying
to install music in these poor old pianos. I was about two thirds comatose,
and sinking fast, when a little kestrel, or maybe it was a kite, BLAZED
down out of the sky and SPLATTERED a robin on the ground about ten feet out
from the window! He sat there for a couple of minutes, cloaking his catch
with outstretched wings until all movement stopped, then took off, barely,
hauling the victim to someplace safe for a leisurely lunch. Woke me right up.

BTW, I scored the dive 6.0. VERY impressive.

Ron N