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Red-tailed hawk with prey
Buteo jamaicensis
46.9, -120.656
Field Notes
Description:
This is a Red-tailed hawk with 2 snakes in its talons spiraling away from me. I didn't expect this scene to happen as I was driving slowly on a gravel road. I literally parked my vehicle in the middle of the road and started taking pictures. The diet of red-tailed hawks is highly variable with reptiles being high on their list. It was really interesting watching it fly away with the snakes -- it was flying as if it was showing off its prey. It was in no hurry and it just kept spiraling higher and higher.
Habitat:
Spotted along the N. Wenas Road in eastern Washington. Foothills of the Cascade mountains around 2000 ft.
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