On Friday morning about 8am I was driving westbound on 40th Avenue, around 160th Street, and I spotted an eagle soaring in the sky trying to avoid two crows that were intent on pestering it. As I drove nearer I decided the two pesky birds were actually hawks. The the eagle swooped straight down to the road in front of me so I slowed down in case it came to a stop in front of my car. Instead its destination seemed to be the eastbound lane beside me. I watched its talons extend and it snatched something up from the road and took to the air again. I looked closely and it appeared to be a rodent in the eagle's grasp. I suppose the eagle plucked a mouse or rat from a farmer's field, took to the air, and then dropped it on the road to kill it, and then swooped down to grab its breakfast. I'm not sure when the rodent was dropped, before or after the hawk's intervention. It was an interesting sight, something rarely seen as the wildlife gets pushed out of Cloverdale with all the development.
On Thursday afternoon I was driving along Crescent Road and a deer emerged from some bushes at the side of the road. The doe stood there for a few moments and then returned to the yard she had come from.
When I was younger deer were a common sight around Cloverdale and the South Surrey area.
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