Who says a raptor can’t borb? Not this red-tail hawk!
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The photo is blurry because I didn't want to get close enough to disturb the bird. This is one of our young red-tailed hawks on a fence across the street. The "teenage" birds often hunt from low branches and fences while they're learning. Sometimes they sit in our crabapple tree, waiting for a chipmunk to come out of its burrow. The "teenagers" aren't as wary of humans as the older birds are, so we often get a close look at them.

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Good morning from the resident red tail hawk family #pnw #redtailhawk #raptors

Hawk on a wire
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#birds #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #birdsofprey #RedTailHawk Just a picture of my neighborhood Red Tail Hawk.

This parking lot security system is staffed by a hawk
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Learning to fly
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I just saw some backyard wild kingdom violence. Well… it was mostly over by the time I looked outside, but I saw a little of the aftermath.

I have the window open in my home office room. I heard a bang outside followed by lots of angry bird noise. I looked outside and…

…right in front of my window was a hawk standing on the ground eating a fresh kill. I think the fresh kill was a sparrow. It was tough to say. I thought maybe a chipmunk at first but it was definitely a small bird. I reached for my phone to take a picture but the hawk and it’s lunch flew away into the woods.

I guess we’ll have to settle for a cat photo as my photo a day shot.

This was taken before the murder. Robin had left by the time the horror went down.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/06/27/backyard-violence/

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I took this picture this morning. Lily is on top of the mountain.

Now for an unrelated story that involves both cats. I have the windows open next to my desk. The cats have been hanging out, sitting on the window sill, enjoying the breeze and the warm-ish Spring air, and stalking the birds and the critters hanging out by the back yard bird feeders.

They were sitting there, minding their own business, and I was sitting at my desk working and minding my own business when BAM! Both cats ABSOLUTELY FREAKED OUT and ran out of the room as fast as their tiny, furry, little legs would carry them. What the hell, thought me?

I looked out the window and there were no creatures by the bird feeders. What there was though, and I only saw it for a split second before it disappeared into the woods behind our back yard, was the back of a red tail hawk. I think the hawk saw our bird feeder as a fast food take out joint and stopped in for a snack. I couldn’t tell if it had anything in its talons in the instant that I saw it, but if it had something I hope it was a squirrel and not a bird. The squirrels try to steal the bird food from the birds and for that they have earned my hatred. Jerks.

I fully understand why the cats went nuts. If I were a little furry guy I would have flipped my lid at the site of a hawk hunting for lunch too. Yikes, babie. Yikes.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/05/17/top-of-the-mountain-mom/

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3/3 Unfortunately the #redtailhawk gifted the chipmunk didn't fancy it? And ended up dropping its meal. #Toronto High Park #birds #birding

2/3 the #redtailhawk shared its catch #Toronto High Park #birds #birding

Red-Tailed Hawk on a Saguaro Cactus branch looking down at its dinner (snake). Photo is from May 2022 in Saguaro National Park.
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Hawk perched
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Missed the shot of a lifetime #crow #redtailhawk fighting in midtown #toronto #ontario #bird #birds The red-tailed hawk eventually moved on, the crow was loud and fierce.

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You can see how it gets the name red-tailed.

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Hawk nests are made of many sticks. This pair was building its nest.

If you look closely, you can see a red-tailed hawk in the nest. A typically red-tailed hawk is 50cm or 20inches.