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Napper

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I spotted a Raven today around 9:30 am, it was hanging around on top of one of the hangers.

I didn't take long for a Merlin/Kestrel to dive bomb the raven. "It sounded like a Merlin".

Raven took to the air and a minute or so later a large Hawk joined the fray and attacked the Raven. The attacks by the small

falcon and the Hawk went on for 5 minutes or so.

The hawk had interesting underwing markings.

Napper :)

I have really dark perscription sunglasses.
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What you saw might be a juvenile Red Tailed Hawk. I saw one going after a Raven on Sept 28 at Downsview Park.
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Thanx,  yeah that looks familiar

At one point I thought there were two Raven's  because of the similarity in size.

After a little while, while wearing my "cheap sunglasses"  8)  I noticed the the underwing pattern.

This is why I stated the  "hawk" had interesting  mostly dark underwing.  

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« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
Interesting site you should check out is https://spaceweather.com/
flkr...http://www.flickr.com/photos/36614671@N06/   Recent updates 2017 old pics
You know your getting old when.....wait, what?