Hanging onto "McCloud"

I thought I had lost 3323 yesterday.  Been having a lot of hawk trouble.  He has been consistently among the first bird in from races and training.  In fact, he earned me a 3rd place AU diploma in the race before last.  The highest I have ever placed in our super competitive club of old veterans and their old bloodlines.  He must've been first one in from another 42 mile training drop and gotten chased off.  The hawk later fed on one of my rollers and 3323 came in late in the afternoon.  When I thought I had lost him, it made me sick.  "I haven't even gotten a picture of the bird that earned me my first 3rd place diploma." So, I took this: