I was hiking in Arizona several years ago with a few close friends, and a few dozen very new friends. I was out front, and my close friends were arrayed in a perimeter around the very new friends as we walked a mile or so to some vans waiting for our very new friends. All of a sudden I head a commotion behind me, and my first thought was that maybe some of our very new friends, didn't want to be friends anymore, and my close friends and I were going to have a problem. Nope! A jackrabbit was at full sprint, with a hungry-looking coyote hot on his heels. The jackrabbit - and coyote - juked and jived around and between the legs of several new friends, even passing between one fellow's feet. Before you know it they had disappeared over a ridge, and I don't know if the coyote ever caught the jack or not.
A few years later I was still-hunting under a white pine tree in northern MN, watching some small rodents of some sort scurry about in the fallen leaves. A hawk or some other small raptor swopped in, almost silently, and perched where he could watch the rodents. He flew from tree to tree, and for about 20 minutes I had a feathered hunting buddy. Finally he swooped down and grabbed one of the critters. I don't remember offhand if my own hunt was as successful as the raptor's.
A few years later I was still-hunting under a white pine tree in northern MN, watching some small rodents of some sort scurry about in the fallen leaves. A hawk or some other small raptor swopped in, almost silently, and perched where he could watch the rodents. He flew from tree to tree, and for about 20 minutes I had a feathered hunting buddy. Finally he swooped down and grabbed one of the critters. I don't remember offhand if my own hunt was as successful as the raptor's.
