Haiku a Day

Talked with an old friend
About species return to
Our sprawling city

As children there was
Few fauna to be found here
Not forest preserve

Not in our nearby
Neglected river and park
Just pigeons and carp

No longer the case
Deer, bass, and herons. Oh my
In friendly confines

Today on the El
After our talk I saw what
First seemed a pigeon

Perched on train platform
Until I saw the profile
Predator. Beak. Eyes.

Large red brown feathers
Plume and talons on display
Avian hunter

Urban red-tailed hawk
Scanning for her next repast
No pigeon is she