40) Birds of Prey

Several hawks and common buzzards live in Tiergarten. These birds of prey keep permanent nests in the middle of the city, in the forest: a fact, a paradox, unexplainable and real, contingent and advancing against the horizon of a complete humanization. Buzzards and hawks prefer to be few and then fly together low, sometime above the water, making high noises for each other’s benefit. They eat wild doves, red squirrels, rabbits and small birds. They also attack crows, but that requires more time and effort. Before the Spring they perform strange flights, spiraling downward from the sky, raising again in the air to then repeat the entire thing over. Brown owls also prefer the quiet life, within the turbulence and excitement of Tiergarten, sleeping in the cavity of old trees during the day and hunting mice at night. Their flight is perfectly silent.

Several hawks and common buzzards live in Tiergarten. These birds of prey keep permanent nests in the middle of the city, in the forest: a fact, a paradox, unexplainable and real, contingent and advancing against the horizon of a complete humanization. Buzzards and hawks prefer to be few and then fly together low, sometime above the water, making high noises for each other’s benefit. They eat wild doves, red squirrels, rabbits and small birds. They also attack crows, but that requires more time and effort. Before the Spring they perform strange flights, spiraling downward from the sky, raising again in the air to then repeat the entire thing over. Brown owls also prefer the quiet life, within the turbulence and excitement of Tiergarten, sleeping in the cavity of old trees during the day and hunting mice at night. Their flight is perfectly silent.