Amy Nelson
Well-Known Member
Last night at about 6 o'clock I went out to the kitchen to wash my hand and the water pressure was almost non existent. I have a long history of bad experiences with plumbing gone wrong. So I immediately started deducing in my mind what could be causing it. I knew it was nothing in the house, so I was hoping my horse had somehow flipped up the handle on the water valve out by the barn. So I grabbed my flash light and headed out to see....nope, not the case (wishful thinking). But while out there I could hear water running, not a good feeling at all. I have a automatic waterer by my horse shelter, but have had it capped off underneath the metal surround for many years. Well we've been having un seasonably warm weather for the last week, in the high 40's and then dropping down to the teens at night, and I assume with the freezing and thawing in the pipe it caused the water to blow the end of the cap right off. So it being dark and all I just shut off the water main for the night. Today I went out to fix it (dragging my feet all the way). And to my surprise this Red Tailed Hawk was perched outside the door of the barn. I high tailed it back to the house to get my camera, hoping he would still be there upon my return. He was, not only still there but remained there for over an half hour. I got some snaps and proceeded to repair the pipe which included 3 more trips back and forth to the house. He hung out the whole time, which seems quite odd, but as I looked at him closer I think he had gotten into some kind of trouble recently, his feathers were out of sort and he never put his right foot down as he perched there, in fact the whole right side of his body didn't seem quite right, but he did eventually fly away. But considering my hesitation in heading outside, I was blessed to witness such a beautiful creature up close.
I have included a BNW version also, it really brings out the vertical lines in the barn and his feathers.
I have included a BNW version also, it really brings out the vertical lines in the barn and his feathers.
