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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: cosmo3667 on January 14, 2014, 06:59:56 PM

Title: Red-Tailed Hawk Dines on Black Squirrel
Post by: cosmo3667 on January 14, 2014, 06:59:56 PM
When checking out the tree damage I came across a Red-tailed Hawk dining on a black squirrel which he had freshly hunted down. Was perched nicely on a downed tree
top stump.

(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/RedTailedHawkFeeding2_zpsc6c7a8f3.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/RedTailedHawkFeeding2_zpsc6c7a8f3.jpg.html)


(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/RedTailedHawkFeeding4_zpsafa68b3d.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/RedTailedHawkFeeding4_zpsafa68b3d.jpg.html)

(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/RedTailedHawkFeeding7_zpsf9814994.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/RedTailedHawkFeeding7_zpsf9814994.jpg.html)

(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/RedTailedHawkFeeding8_zps557607b2.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/RedTailedHawkFeeding8_zps557607b2.jpg.html)

(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/RedTailedHawkFeeding9_zps513f7682.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/RedTailedHawkFeeding9_zps513f7682.jpg.html)

(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/RedTailedHawkFeeding11_zps220bbaab.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/RedTailedHawkFeeding11_zps220bbaab.jpg.html)

Keeping watch of his surroundings
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/RedTailedHawkFeeding14_zps70cd4cbb.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/RedTailedHawkFeeding14_zps70cd4cbb.jpg.html)

Something spooked him and he flew off with his meal
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/RedTailedHawkFeeding16_zps93872225.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/RedTailedHawkFeeding16_zps93872225.jpg.html)