Death by a Hawk. Are you serious!

Speaking of turning into Spiderman...

Strange things are happening in Boise. The animals are going crazy! This is how it happened today-

So there I was...

...minding my own business while I deadheaded and weeded the flowers. I finished the front yard so I went out onto the deck (where I got bit by a spider) and I was working on the pots out there. I was wearing a green shirt, the same color as some of the plants (this is important to the story). I was leaning over a giant flowerpot and had my hair in a ponytail. Now, I have short hair. When it's in a ponytail it looks like a little paint brush tip out of the back of my head. So anyway, I was leaned over this flowerpot and all the sudden I heard a thump and then a shriek of a big bird. It sounded like it was really close and so I looked up and A GIANT HAWK WAS FLYING AT ME AT ULTRA SPEED!!! I was absolutely terrified! His claws were out and he looked so hungry and angry! I screamed and ducked out of the way as he swooped past me and flew off into the mountains behind our house.

Ok, that's what happened. I know I'm a very small person, but seriously!?! I almost got carried away in the dead grab of a hawk!! I mean, really? How does that happen. I think I figured it out. I was wearing green, right? (See how this is important now!) Maybe my shirt blended in with the flowers so all the hawk saw was my little brown ponytail. He could have easily mistaken me for a mouse, or a bunny; perhaps even a small bird. I'm not quite sure what was going through his head or what his intentions were. Either way, I'm glad that I didn't get killed/mauled by a hawk today. That would have been a serious damper on my great day.