At his last words a bird flew past on the right,
a hawk, Apollo’s wind-swift herald – tight in his claws
a struggling dove, and he ripped its feathers out
and they drifted down to earth between the ship
and the young prince himself.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 15, lines 588-592. Telemachus is speaking to Theoclymenus after their safe landing in Ithaca, when a hawk flies by with a dove in its claws. This is an omen sent by the gods, as the hawk is the messenger of Apollo.