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Patch: An Urban Red-tailed Hawk (3 of 4)

10,000 Birds

(Check out Part 1 here) (Check out Part 2 here) This hawk was a fierce hunter. I’ve seen young Red-tailed Hawk s who just don’t have the hang of it, counting on luck of good fortune to present them with a careless gopher or a rare easy meal. On this occasion Patch had secured a gopher and was dining on a streetlight.

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Everyday Sunshine: Great Blue Herons

10,000 Birds

Their beautiful blue-gray can really pop in the right light. They know the rhythms of gophers. As I’ve posted before they are efficient and merciless hunters. There are too many images to share so I’ll keep the captions brief and let the pictures do the squawking, er, I mean talking. They are good watchers.