Just wingin' it!

If it's unusual, it'll happen at EIEIO.  Started yesterday morning off my perusing the front yard where a deputy sheriff crashed her cruiser in the wee hours.  Going nearly 100 mph around a horrible curve notorious for deer crossing might just facilitate such a "mishap!"  After all, it must have been a minor mishap as there was no reporting of it in the local papers.  It seems that 2 deputies were headed to a possible burglary at a local coffee shop in the village.  Hold on, that's life or death...well it damn near was and I presume took a back burner after.....the mishap.  Left a nice mess in our yard and the neighbors but of course, we'll take care of it...no problem...along with our share of the insurance cost as I believe the county Sheriff's Dept. is self-insured....which means we help pay for that too.  Bitter.... just a bit.  I see NO NEED for high speed anything....it's never safe and usually ends in another disaster.  Case closed...heck it was never open!

Unusual event # 2.... While working in the yard yesterday, Lee found a red-tail hawk wing laying on the smoke house roof.  He got it down and we saw where it had been freshly disconnected from it's owner.  We scouted the area and found a couple stray feathers beneath the smoke house but no sign of the victim.  A bit later, our CSI team set out to find more evidence. We crossed the bridge to the north side of the creek thinking maybe the perp had attacked the victim while it was roosting. We spotted a few feathers and continued to track.  Soon we came upon what we believe was the scene of the crime.  A pile of white under-belly feathers that were believed to belong to the victim.  To date we have found no skeletal remains and assume much of the victim was consumed.  It still remains a mystery how the wing wound up on the roof. If you have any information about the crime, please call CSI-Aviary Division @ 315-946-4847 (wingtip).  All possibilities will be pondered!!