I’d just sat down with my cup of coffee ☕️ when I noticed a flash of brown flying past my window. Birds are in my backyard all the time, but this time it was the sounds that really grabbed my attention. I rushed to the window as fast as I could before whatever it was vanished into the tree tops 🌳. As the movement dashed through the trees, I was able to keep track until the bird found a comfortable place to perch. I was surprised to see it was a Red-shouldered hawk with a fairly large frog.

🐸: Struggling to break free, “Release me!”

🦅: Talons holding a tight grip around the frog, “How do you do it?”

🐸: Stout and strong, “Do what?”

🦅: “How do you make those loud sounds from your body?”

🐸: confused and on the verge of panicking, the frog said in a short stutter, “I-I don’t know, it just vibrates inside me. Now r–r-realse me!”

🦅: unsatisfied with this response, “I guess I’ll have to take a look for myself! Any last words?”

🐸: “I hope you get warts.”

-The End

Written by Donte Hunter

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Red-shouldered Hawk

Colonial Heights, Virginia

9/30/25

Shot on Sony A1 w/ 600F4

ISO3200 F5 1/200

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