This redtailed hawk grabbed a large snake, wrestled with it for about ten minutes and finally had it for lunch, but not without a fight!
Those are wonderful captures.
That's one hungry hawk! Cracking pics :D
=:~)
Looks like one surprised hawk.
Excellent photos and series :thumbup: :thumbup:
Bmac
Loc: Long Island, NY
Well done Susan, thanks for posting. 8-)
Amazing capture! I have never seen any raptor situation like that.
Think about submitting to Nature magazine, or similar.
Great capture: hawk: 1,snake: 0.
Neat-o; you posted them! You've set the bar pretty high for yourself for future topics, Susan :) Jaw-dropping images.
to UHH'ers: this is the friend who got me interested in bird photography!
Susan in Yakima wrote:
This redtailed hawk grabbed a large snake, wrestled with it for about ten minutes and finally had it for lunch, but not without a fight!
Phenomenal capture...I've never seen anything like it!!! Definitely something you could sell!
Coachwhip? I can not identify the snake, but from the build and length, and general cranky nature, I would tend to think so.
Nice work, stunning actually.
I would submit to magazines, very likely to be published, once I n a lifetime opportunity and you nailed it.
"Chance favors the prepared mind"
changed my mind, on second look Black Racer looks right
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