WATCH: This Hawk Landed on My Front Lawn in Maine to Grab Lunch

Imagine my surprise when I looked out my front door's window and saw a hawk on my lawn, eyes locked on something in the freshly-mowed grass.

The month of May was "No Mow May," when homeowners are encouraged not to mow their lawns to allow flowers to bloom and bees (and other pollinating insects) to do their thing. I hadn't planned on participating because my lawn grows fast, so instead, I had my own thing called "No Time to Mow in May."

Things were so busy in May for me that the lawn never got completely mowed, and I struggled trying to get it down when it was so high. Thankfully, my neighbor across the street offered to not only cut the lawn with this zero-point turn mower, but to also take his chainsaw to the three trees that had fallen during the ice storm we had this year.

I heard the lawn mower stop, and I looked out to see a hawk about 20 feet away from my neighbor. He had shut it down to watch the bird, well, like a hawk.

I have no idea what kind of hawk this was, but I noticed its feathered legs. A Google search told me it was a rough-legged hawk, and I can see why.

I shot a video of the hawk staring at something in the grass, barely taking its eyes off whatever it was. It would take short steps, like it was following something that neither of us could see.

Eventually, he appeared to give up and flew off. We guessed that it was probably looking at a mole we couldn't see.

Last winter, I noticed three holes in my lawn that look like they were dug by moles.

It's pretty amazing to see one of these large birds in my yard, not afraid of any of us. Too bad he had to go elsewhere for his meal. I would have loved it if he had taken care of my mole problem.