Redtail Hawk with Passenger
Oct 11, 2021 01:27:11 #
hettmoe
Loc: Rural ND
cahale wrote:
Nice creation. I think. The top bird seems to be just a bit suspect.
What, have you never seen a Kingbird ride on a Redtail and peck away? Happens all of the time in the Spring, on the Prairie.
Oct 11, 2021 01:35:50 #
You search on line and you will find shots of a small bird on the back of a raptor pecking away. Raptor can't get to them so it has no choice but to vacate the area. The little bird is often protecting a nest etc.
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Oct 11, 2021 05:47:47 #
hettmoe wrote:
Redtail Hawk with Passenger
Fantastic image!!!!!
Reminds me of a Parakeet we had that would ambush the dog and ride on it back, with the dog trying to get it off, the running thru the house until the bird would fly off then ambush again.
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Oct 11, 2021 08:11:05 #
hettmoe wrote:
Redtail Hawk with Passenger
Technically superb, and an astoundingly unique capture!
My bet is that’s a kingbird soundly and with solid grip giving that juvenile red tail “what for!”
Gotta be bird image of the year!
Dave
Oct 11, 2021 08:12:23 #
Great shot. Looks like an Eastern Kingbird taking the ride. They are notoriously aggressive.
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Oct 11, 2021 09:56:31 #
cahale wrote:
Nice creation. I think. The top bird seems to be just a bit suspect.
Yes, I agree. Photoshopped. No way that bird is on a Hawk moving thru the air, especially with its wings slightly opened. Also the head is aerodynamically at wrong angle.
But, I like your sense of humor:-)
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