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This morning my wife and I got back from a walk and were sitting in our = Adirondack Chairs. Our chairs are of the design that they are connected = together by a table that can also have an umbrella in them. (You will = see in a little bit why it is important that I describe the chair = design). We have a lot of bird feeders but of course the squirrels and chipmunks = also eat their share and are always around in the morning gathering what = they can off the patio deck under the feeders not too far from our = chairs that are around the fire pit that we were sitting in. Anyhow, my = wife had a handful of peanuts and we were tossing them out to the = chipmunks getting them closer and closer to us in the hopes to hand feed = them. When one of them was about 2 feet away slightly in front of us = and between our chairs and the fire pit, all of sudden a shape came = flying in over the fire pit and snatched the chipmunk right in front of = us! It flew under the table (only about 1 foot wide between us) and = briefly brushed my leg with its wings, and then off it went. No more = chipmunk. An exciting way to start the day. Bill Kass Rochester, MN ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C6A819.C6DD04A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 6.5.7036.0"> <TITLE>VERY CLOSE look at a Coopers Hawk</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">This morning my wife and I got back from a walk = and were sitting in our</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">Adirondack</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Chairs.=C2=A0 Our chairs = are of the design that they are connected together by a table that can = also have an umbrella in them.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us">=C2=A0</SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial"> (You will see in a little bit why it is important that I = describe the chair design).</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">We have a lot of bird feeders but of course the = squirrels and chipmunks also</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">eat their share and are always around in the morning = gathering what they can off the patio deck under the feeders not too far = from our chairs that are around the fire pit that we were sitting = in.=C2=A0 Anyhow, my wife had a handful of peanuts and we were tossing = them out to the chipmunks getting them closer and closer to us in the = hopes to hand feed them.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us">=C2=A0</SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial"> When one of them was about 2 feet away slightly in front = of us and between our chairs and the fire pit, all of sudden a shape = came flying in over the fire pit and snatched the chipmunk right in = front of us!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us">=C2=A0</SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> It flew under the table = (only about 1 foot wide between us) and briefly brushed my leg with its = wings, and then off it went.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us">=C2=A0</SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial"> No more chipmunk.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">An exciting way to start the = day.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Bill Kass</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Rochester, MN</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> </BODY> </HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C6A819.C6DD04A0--