Pretty Pet

So today as I was walking to the library I see a crowd of people gathered around a tree, shouting and hollering up at it. I thought someone had climbed the tree, or someone's menial cat had gotten stuck on a branch chasing a song bird. It was actually an hawk playing lunch tag with a squirrel! I was really elated to see nature in action as the hawk stalked the whimsical rodent. There was no bloodshed sadly, the hawk lost interest after a bit and flew off. In the conversations I overheard from the fellow gawkers, most seemed pretty surprised that there was a hawk in the city. In fact it seemed the consensus was that I was the only one who had seen hawks in Richmond, much less had even seen a hawk shadowing prey! Have hawks in Richmond been apart of my personal mythology until today? I swear, just last weekend,  I saw two raptors fueding over a lament rat on top of Harris Hall. I see them perched on Johnson all the time! Ah well, it was interesting to say the least.