A hawk looks majestic sitting on a branch of my maple tree.

But I can’t let it terrorize my squirrels and birds. So I throw corn cobs to scare it away.

My aim isn’t very good. I inadvertently discovered that I’m more likely to shoo the hawk by throwing the corn cob against the garage wall, which makes a loud noise, than by aiming at the hawk.

I got rid of the scary bird this way yesterday.