life or death

A  LOUD  BANG

took us by surprise yesterday.

It happens sometimes,

when a bird flies against the living room window.

Usually nothing bad happens and they fly away again.

Not so this time :

the loud bang wasn't just one

but TWO birds !

One was lucky,

one had bad luck

.....

I looked out the side window to see

if the bird would fly away after the loud bang

and what I saw made me reach for my camera !

A kestrel and a ring-neck dove ?

Or could it rather be a (young) peregrine ??

(because of the size and the more gray colour)

Then he (or she) left with its prey !

... leaving only some feathers

What an amazing spectacle !

(I don't think we will ever see it happen again right in front of us !)

Life (for one) and death (for the other)

P.S.

Louise Watson was RIGHT :

it was a female Sparrow hawk 

(confirmed by "Vroege Vogels")