Adventures in Birding + Sustainability: Close Encounter with a Hawk

Monday, December 30, 2013

Close Encounter with a Hawk

Yesterday, we were at friends in North Burlington at a cottage at a summer camp property. There was a beautiful juvenile Red-tailed Hawk eating a squirrel frozen into the ground. He was not leaving that food just because we were there and tolerated three of us standing around it within a few feet and talking and taking pics. It is the closest we have ever been to a wild hawk. Here are the pics - all copyright Jerry Horak

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190 Neotropic Comorant (LIFER) Tollgate Hamilton Apr 4
189 Wood Duck GM BKYD Apr 2
188 Willet HBSP Myrtle Beach Mar 28
187 Barn Swallow BG MB Mar 28
186 Northern Waterthrush BG MB Mar 28
185 Swamp Sparrow BG MB Mar 28
184 Northern Parula Brookgreen Garden Myrtle Beach Mar 24
183 Eastern Screech Owl Burl Mar 23
182 Tundra Swan Aylmer WVA Mar 22
181 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher MBSP Mar 21
180 Lapland Longspur GM Mar 20
179 Brown-headed Cowbird GM Mar 20
178 Yellow-throated Warbler MBSP Mar 15
177 Eastern Towhee MBSP Mar 15
176 Black Scoter Garden City Mar 15
175 Savannah Sparrow HBSP Mar 12
174 Wilson's Plover HBSP Mar 12
173 Ruddy Turnstone Venice Fla Mar 10
172 Caspian Tern Celery Fields Mar 10
171 King Rail Celery Fields Mar 10
170 Mottled Duck (LIFER) Celery Fields Mar 10
169 White Pelican Celery Fields Sarasota Fla Mar 10
168 Forester's Tern Venice Fla Mar 9
167 Sandhill Crane Everglades Mar 9
166 Limpkin (LIFER) Shark Valley Fla Mar 9
165 Magnificent Frigatebird Key Largo Mar 7
164 Black-throated Green Warbler Key Largo Mar 7
163 Cattle Egret Miami Mar 7
162 White-winged Dove (LIFER) Miami Mar 7
161 Loggerhead Shrike Everglades Mar 6
160 Common Yellowthroat Everglades Mar 6
159 Black-necked Stilt Everglades Mar 6
158 Yellow Warbler Everglades Mar 6
157 Blue-headed Vireo Everglades Mar 6
156 White-eyed Vireo Everglades Mar 6
155 Little Blue Heron Everglades Mar 6
154 Red-shouldered Hawk Everglades Mar 6
153 Barred Owl (LIFER) Everglades Mar 6
152 Eastern Wood Peewee Everglades Mar 6
151 Roseate Spoonbill (LIFER) Everglades Mar 6
150 Great-crested Flycatcher Everglades Mar 6
149 American Redstart Everglades Mar 6
148 Palm Warbler Everglades Mar 6
147 Green Heron Everglades Mar 6
146 Purple Gallinule (LIFER) Everglades Mar 6
145 Anhinga Everglades Mar 6
144 Eastern Meadowlark Everglades Mar 6
143 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Everglades Mar 6
142 Purple Martin Homestead Fla Mar 6
141 Muscovy Duck (LIFER) Miami Mar 6
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138 Swallow-tailed Kite Florida Mar 5
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134 Blue-winged Teal HBSP Mar 4
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131 Osprey Murrells Inlet Mar 4
130 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker MBSP Mar 4
129 Sharp-shinned Hawk MB Mar 4
128 Common Grackle MB Mar 4
127 Chipping Sparrow MB Mar 4
126 Eastern Phoebe MB Mar 4
125 Fish Crow MB Mar 4
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122 Laughing Gull MB Mar 2
121 Carolina Chickadee MB Mar 2
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111 Snowy Egret Murrells Inlet Mar 2
110 American Oystercatcher Murrells Inlet Mar 2
109 Red-winged Blackbird MBSP Mar 2
108 Black-and-white Warbler MBSP Mar 2
107 Tufted Titmouse MBSP Mar 2
106 Pine Warbler MBSP Mar 2
105 Red-throated Loon MBSP Mr 2
104 Gray Catbird MBSP Mar 2
103 Brown Thrasher MB State Park Mar 2
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101 Common Loon MB Mar 1
100 Cedar Waxwing MB Mar 1
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88 Harris's Sparrow (LIFER) Oakville Feb 10
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82 Common Raven G.M. Feb 2
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80 Snowy Owl Windemere Jan 28
79 Coopers Hawk York Jan 28
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20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet SP. Oak Jan 1
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16 Dark-eyed Junco SP Oak Jan 1
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