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Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: Pat Hodgson on June 18, 2014, 09:04:25 AM

Title: young red-tail
Post by: Pat Hodgson on June 18, 2014, 09:04:25 AM

Red-tailed hawks have fledged from nest in my neighbourhood.  Parent-child food transfer failed and headed/gutted prey (robin or starling, I think) landed on roof of garage with a thud.
Here is one of the kids perched on my house.  Note clump of spruce needles stuck with sap to lower belly.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3846/14428069996_77d59aacfa_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nYXCxw)red-tailed hawk (https://flic.kr/p/nYXCxw) by Pat Hodgson (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

Title: Re: young red-tail
Post by: paul_reeves on June 18, 2014, 06:09:59 PM

"Who you looking' at? You looking' at me!"

Nice shot.

Title: Re: young red-tail
Post by: Axeman on June 18, 2014, 11:15:52 PM

Great photo.

When do RTH's nest ? Such a large bird...thought it might fledge a little later.

Title: Re: young red-tail
Post by: Pat Hodgson on June 19, 2014, 08:21:17 AM

not sure on the nesting dates but kind of like great horned owls they do get started quite early in the year