We saw a hawk in the pine trees at our neighborhood this morning. We believe it was a young Redtail hawk.
Fig - The Young Redtail Hawk.
Our neighbors' chickens heard it call and scrambled to get undercover, while the mockingbirds mobbed the hawk.
The young hawk flew off right after we took this picture. The chickens will probably hide for a while.
This bird is a familiar sight in our state, including our city, Baton Rouge. Young Red-tails can be identified by their brown plumage and the distinctive streaked pattern on their undersides.
Juvenile red-tailed hawks are meat-eaters (carnivores), mainly feasting on small birds and mammals.
Did you see Redtail Hawk around your areas?
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...a great shot, I find them difficult to photograph!
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DeleteWe do have them around. Usually on lamp post on the busy streets. It is unusual, but we are used to seeing them around. Awesome shot!
ReplyDeleteSo awesome. Yes, they do like to hang out around here. And they are very big, too.
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We saw a hawk in the pine trees at our neighborhood this morning. We believe it was a young Redtail hawk.
So great, thanks for your sharing
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W do have a lot of these birds in our area and they do like to terrorize our neighbors chickens!
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We saw a hawk in the pine trees at our neighborhood this morning. We believe it was a young Redtail hawk.
I haven't seen any around our area so far. Looks brooding though.
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Awesome hawk photo ~
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We saw a hawk in the pine trees at our neighborhood this morning. We believe it was a young Redtail hawk.
I have not seen a hawk in our area.
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Good photo
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We saw a hawk in the pine trees at our neighborhood this morning. We believe it was a young Redtail hawk.
I see them sometimes when I go somewhere with a municipal taxi. Then sometimes in a tree branch and sometimes on a fence along the highways but never up close. like your photo too.
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Beautiful hawk photo ~ thanks,
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