Red-tailed Hawk hovers while hunting

[StrictlyRockers]

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[malaise]

1. Magnificent

Get thee to the greatest page

[Demovictory9]

2. watch out bunnies and other lil animals

[BigmanPigman]

3. When I took my little dog to the park

I had to watch out for these. Even though my dog wore a sweater one time the red tailed coasted around for about 10 minutes. It didn't flap its wings once, just glided and glided. The friend I was with told me to get my dog since from high up it could look like any critter in a red sweater. I thought he was joking but when the hawk was still coasting after several minutes I realized he was right.

I saw one shred a smaller bird right outside of my classroom door. The 6 year old kids thought it was snowing (in CA) when they saw the poor bird's feathers floating down from the tree overhead.

[RainCaster]

4. We have a red tail nest behind the house

We always go out with our new puppy because of them.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. Beautiful!

Notice that it's head remains perfectly still while the rest of it's body is moving around.
That reminds of the missile launchers on Navy ships, the ship can be pitching up and down, but the missile launcher will remain perfectly still.

[brewens]

6. I see that all the time. They also will just sit on the slope of a hill after harvest. On the

Palouse Prairie in WA, you can see one about every mile along the highway. It's all rolling hills and they just sit there waiting to pounce. They can see everything so well, they don't even have to fly when the fields are all cut short.

[Beringia]

7. Pure poetry

[AdamGG]

8. There used to be red tailed hawks that nested at Fenway Park

in the winter and then attacked fans a few times in the spring when they invaded their territory.

[oasis]

9. Hawks rule.

[MustLoveBeagles]

10. K&R