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Red Tailed Hawk

Buteo Jamaicensis

Photo by Poot_Tweet
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Field Notes

Description:

Landed on a fence bordering an old park only a few meters in front of me.. holding a live squirrel in the talon

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Red-tailed Hawk

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Comments (4)
Poot_Tweet
He landed on the fence ahead of me and sat there for several minutes just holding this squirrel who was breathing heavily but not squirming. After a time he took off to a nearby tree.
Poot_Tweet
Yes that was a pretty intense ten minutes before he flew away
7yl4r
it doesn't get any more epic than that.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2012

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