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Red-Tailed Hawk and Northern Harrier

Buteo jamaicensis and Circus cyaneus

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Field Notes

Habitat:

These guys were on Boulder County Open Space land.

Notes:

I was leaving where I volunteer and was greeted with this Red-Tail being dive-bombed by a Northern Harrier. The harrier swooped several times before flying away.

Reference Links:

Red-tailed Hawk, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Comments (5)
EmilyMarino
Great series Christy! I love shots where you can capture behavior!
KeithRoragen
Great series. Smaller hawks just don't like those Red Tails. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/11364935

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PublishedMarch 2, 2013

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