Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) aka: the Chicken Hawk











Red-tailed hawk having a quick meal in my back yard. I was able to get within 5 feet of him (or her?) to take these pictures. The closer I got, the meaner his stares got! Probably the best wildlife encounter of my life.




1 comment:

  1. Awesome blog so far! Keep it up and i will keep on checking. the hawk is amazing! you should have trapped it and trained it to kill for you!
    ~Sarah

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