Can't help but smile...
joecichjr
Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
jak86094 wrote:
Our local resident pair of Red-tailed Hawks usually perches in this snag the Bolsa Chica Wildlife Preserve, but since they are currently nesting, only one was there Friday morning. Snapped from around 250-300 feet away using a Nikon D500 and Nikkor 200-500 zoom. I have to laugh every time I look at this with the Red-tailed Hawk craning its neck to look down at the House Finch perched below. It's as if the hawk is thinking, "What are you doing there? Don't you know I'm a big, fierce predator?" while the finch is thinking, "Hey, I'm small and fast. If he moves any closer I'll just fly away. Meh!"
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Where did this gut come from 😯😯😯😯
Nice to hear from you Joe. A couple of years ago I saw a totally different scenario. A Mourning Dove flew blithely toward a snag, intending to perch on a dry branch new the top. As it started backwinging to land, the dove noticed that a Cooper's Hawk, a notorious bird hunter, was perched on a branch just inches from where it was going to land. Without landing, the dove twisted 180 degrees in the air and dropped quickly down toward the ground and out of sight of the Cooper's Hawk. Ah, Nature! Wonderous and diverse.
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