Despite the images that this entanglement conjured - of Violet flying away with the plastic and knocking the eggs out of the nest, of Violet being strangled by the plastic - City Room's consulting hawk expert, Robert Horvath, told us not to panic.
Sadly Violet passed away last year.
The Violets ran away with the game, winning, 65-51.
A blogger, Roger--Paw, reported seeing him in the park with a mature female hawk on Sunday, the day after Violet was taken away.
For almost ten minutes, the three eggs were left alone in the nest when Violet abruptly flew away, causing anxious viewers (and this reporter) to wonder if she would return to her brooding duties.
So what if the night was all about her, it wasn't an excuse to be a shy violet and shrink away from being yourself.
Violet's father was away at sea in the merchant navy.
"I have never been a shrinking violet, one who shies away from a challenge or a hard task.
The crystal violet solution was washed away with lukewarm tap water.
He volunteers to water his mother's African violets while parents are away.
