I started to examine it. I'm really into birds too. It was a red-tailed hawk. It looked like it was still fairly young, only a year or two old. It looked strangely clean. As if it had taken a bath and had it's feathers conditioned and straightened. I shrugged it off thinking that it must've been one of the ones that Cassie looks after. She must've just released it and it was looking around.
"Do you like hawks? Hawww- kuh- zzz. Kuh. Zzz." Phillip asked me. "I like all sort of birds, but owls are my favorite. Especially Barn Owls, Elf Owls, Great Greys, and Burrowing Owls. I read this book series called Guardians of Ga'Hoole that have owls as characters." I replied, trying to get some light conversation in to distract me from my worries. "So you like animals? An-I-mals. uuhhlll-zzzz." he he said curiously. "Absolutely love 'em!" I said, then just for a what the hey moment I added, "Muh!"
