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the two birds.

Somewhere close an alert hawk, with sharp talons and a hooked beak, was perched, ready to sail out and pluck a bird from the feeder. I assumed it would be a Sharpshinned for only a small hawk — about a foot from tail to bill — would go after birds as small as a junco and chickadee.

As long as the birds on the feeder remained absolutely still, they were invisible to the hawk; not perceived as food. The birds became a part of the pattern of our back yard: the stone wall, dull green leaves on the privet, weathered wood of the steps, brown leaves on

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