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Mar 15, 2021 09:42:46   #
Rusty Lens
 
..an immature, but hungry, red-tailed hawk. I blame his parents for not teaching him how to hunt with more efficiency. The rodent he is after is a full grown groundhog.

I see a rodent & I'm hungry
I see a rodent & I'm hungry...
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I'll just practice my strike a few times.
I'll just practice my strike a few times....
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Now where do I grab him?
Now where do I grab him?...
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I may have missed the "tree landing, wing space" lesson.
I may have missed the "tree landing, wing space" l...
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Time to move on.
Time to move on....
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Mar 15, 2021 09:49:38   #
dbfalconer Loc: Salida CO
 
Rusty Lens wrote:
..an immature, but hungry, red-tailed hawk. I blame his parents for not teaching him how to hunt with more efficiency. The rodent he is after is a full grown groundhog.


Great shots! Clever story! He must have been busy with video games instead of paying attention to his parents! A full-grown groundhog?! No way!

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Mar 15, 2021 10:36:39   #
jdtonkinson Loc: Red Wing, MN
 
I agree, great shots and storyline

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Mar 15, 2021 12:38:32   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
According to a couple of articles I read over the years the #1 cause of death of young raptors is starvation or diseases caught after starvation weakens them.

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Mar 16, 2021 21:46:03   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
Great sequence.

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