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As I was having breakfast this morning, I saw a strange shadow at my window.  I couldn't tell what it was but then as I looked throught the rear glass door, I saw shadows of something moving around near my water fountain.  I pushed the juevos and hash browns aside and went to the door to see.  I would have never believed it but there it was, a large hawk was flying around my fountain and attacking my ducks, apparently trying to get one.  I didn't worry too much since the ducks, on my fountain, were made of hard plastic...they were more like duck hunting decoys.  This hawk was actually poking at them as if wanting to fly off with one.  Since I figured no one would believe me, I hollared for Alma who came running and also saw the hawk.

The hawk realizing he was fooled, flew towards my coy fish pond and up to the break wall in my back yard.  Now it was time to act because my fish are not decoys and they were not going to become hawk food.  When I went out to the pond, the hawk flew off and disappeared into the neighborhood.  All my fish were there and after telling them to swim into the deep water, I went back and finished my breakfast.

A year ago, I actually had a long legged Ern in my backyard and he or she, flew off with one of my coys and another one was laying in my back yard.   I couldn't let it happen again.  So as I see it, my coys are safe to swim another day.