The red-shouldered hawk was sitting near and
menacing
a family of robins in the maple in our back yard
Then, mom and dad robin began
yelling
yelling down the hawk,
from a distance,
complaining about his presence
Mother and father were joined by three,
then a dozen other robins,
all squawking and yelling at the hawk
who still sat there
menacing
the smaller birds
One of the robins
(the mom, I suspect, because, Moms) flew
right up
to the hawk and
barked in his face
Other robins also got closer
soon, even more robins joined in
and then
two cardinals and
other birds I couldn't recognize
little sparrows maybe
all yelling at the hawk
I think they were saying
We are not your prey.
