Hawkeye

I just found these pictures from July 8th. While I was photographing Eddie poking around on  the ground and climbing a tree a short distance, I noticed a movement in the trees and upon looking up I saw this hawk watching Eddie the way a fat man watches fried chicken cookin'. I snapped a couple of pics and opened the door to get closer and that hawk took off in an instant! I was surprised that he didn't hang around at least as long at the deer and groundhogs do considering he was in far less danger from me being 25 feet up in a tree. But I guess his sense of survival is more developed then the ground dwellers.

Why would anyone want to eat this cute little guy?