Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1891 — Parrot and Hawk. [ARTICLE]

Parrot and Hawk.

The young quail’s Worst enemies are the hawks. Where they all come from, and how they live when the quail are big enough to keep out of the way, is one of the mysteries. At other seasons a hawk in the park is a rarity. Just now there are lots of them. There is one hawk out there whose quail-killing days are over. His downl fall was accomplished by the big red and green parrot that lives around in the trees near the Casino. Capt| Thompson saw the hawk swoop down,' into the brush when he was quite a distance off. Pretty soon there wad the most extraordinary racket in the scrub, oak. The parrot had the hawk’s neck in his claws, and wai driving away with his hook bill nt the hawk’s head. The hawk was willing enough to quit, but couldn’t. > They flew up and down, first one on top and then the other. It was not a long fight. The hawk beat his adversary with his wings, and even got his talons and beak to work, but the red and green bird was too big and strong for him, and would not release his grip a moment. Before the people got very near the hawk quit fighting. The parrot had apparently sunk his talons through the hawk’s neck, and, that is probably the reason they did; not separate. When the hawk got quiet the parrot managed to disengage himself and flew up into a tree, where he remained scolding and straightening his feathers. He was pretty badly scratched up and one of his eyes seemed to be gone, but he had killed the hawk. —San Francisco Examiner.