Hawk Attack

We lost a hen this afternoon to a hawk ... likely a red-tailed or red-shouldered hawk.  It was a big one.  I was at the office at the time. My sister, Janet, had come by the house to eat some lunch.  She called me with the bad news.  She had heard the chickens squawking and making an extraordinary racket.  She ran out to the chicken yard in time to see the huge bird fly away.  The unlucky hen was mortally wounded.  Several chickens had taken refuge in the hen house.  The others were cowering in the corner of the chicken yard.