Nature watching- Izaya and Shizuo XD

[sonjajade]

I like to keep an eye on the little critters that run around in the yard and feed the birds and stuff, so when I started noticing a particularly cocky crow and a red tailed hawk going at it nearly twice a day, I named the crow Izaya and the hawk Shizuo.  Here's what they were up to today.

Shizu-chan was minding his own business like he always does.  He was eating something (looked like another bird or maybe a mouse) over in the grass by the wall next to the expressway.  It's not often I see him actually eat, so it was cool to see.  All the sudden here comes Izaya, landing like 10 feet away and strutting slowly up.

And you know I speak bird right?  Here's what went down:

Izaya- Heeeeey Shizu-chan!  Nice grub ya got there.  Did you catch that all by yourself or did that 98 F150 help you mow it down first.

Shizuo- Why do you always gotta show up, Izaya?  You piss me off!! *spreads wings menacingly*

Izaya- *crow laughter* OOOOoooh! Flexing for me?  Must want my number pretty bad-

Shizuo- *crying out LOUDLY and rushing toward Izaya* IIIIZAAAAAAAYYAAAAAA!!!!!!!


They fly off and tussle in the air, Shizuo getting in a good kick with one talon tipped foot.  He comes back to his dinner but doesn't stay long and was off back to the field up by the road to hunt again.  And Izaya came swooping back over to pick at what was left, then he left too, cackling and cawing up in a tree for a while.  I always forget to take pictures of them, I will try to remember next time I see them.  Wonder if I should get a sign for my backyard that says Ikebukuro on it XDDDD

Comments

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

this is hysterical

[sonjajade.livejournal.com]

I know! Seriously, this crow just knows he's a badass, and he's always purposely irritating the hawk. At first I thought it was a different crow sometimes, but he got injured in a fight once and his foot got messed up. That's how I discovered it was the same crow.

Shizuo almost flew into my window earlier today while I was driving. O__O I swear I nearly shit my pants at that sight in my peripheral vision. He was probably after Izaya, but I was too busy having a heart attack to look XD

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

snort. Crows are scrappers and everything picks on hawks (I suspect as a mechanism to not get eaten)