Steve Wolfe > Mom (I named her Mina after Wilhelmina/"Kaiser" Wilhelm of Germany, and her mate Willie) is looking a bit frayed after 2 months of raising her family, but she's still a beauty --
Steve Wolfe > Kids being kids, as you can imagine they had created quite a mess, and as usual Mom was left to clean it up --
Steve Wolfe > The moment before --- well, YOU know...
Steve Wolfe > Meanwhile, the 3rd Hawklet had found a squirrel and was scampering along a ledge with it (the red band on her leg was put on for ID purposes as she was the one who went into "rehab" --
Steve Wolfe > And so did I; I had pulled-in too close and was unprepared for her frenzied reaction --
Steve Wolfe > Oops, got a little TOO close ---
Steve Wolfe > He finally got enough courage to sneak up to Sis, hoping she was too busy chowing down to notice him --
Steve Wolfe > Meanwhile, L'il Bro was just left with feathers stuck to him and wailing to Mom, who was watching on a nearby ledge --
Steve Wolfe > Meanwhile, all that's left of the pigeon are a few feathers and a foot with an ID band---
(After seeing this photo posted at the Fred Miranda photography forum, a member recognized this band as belonging to a member of the American Racing Pigeon Union, looked him up on their site, and sent him an e-mail letting him know what happened to his bird.)
Mom (I named her Mina after Wilhelmina/"Kaiser" Wilhelm of Germany, and her mate Willie) is looking a bit frayed after 2 months of raising her family, but she's still a beauty --
Steve Wolfe > Mom (I named her Mina after Wilhelmina/"Kaiser" Wilhelm of Germany, and her mate Willie) is looking a bit frayed after 2 months of raising her family, but she's still a beauty --
Mom (I named her Mina after Wilhelmina/"Kaiser" Wilhelm of Germany, and her mate Willie) is looking a bit frayed after 2 months of raising her family, but she's still a beauty --
See photo in original gallery.

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