Red-shouldered Hawk with Prey

Central Winds Park
Red-shouldered Hawk
This morning I dropped by Central Winds Park.  As I drove into the park, I saw lots of birds in the grass by one of the football fields.  It looked like a mixed flock of grackles, cowbirds and starlings.  On my way out I decided to drive by that area, but all the birds there had scattered.  Then I found out why.  There was a Red-shouldered Hawk in the grass with something it caught.  I angled my car to get a view of it out my passenger-side window, turned the car off, and took a few shots.  At one point, I decided to move the car a little to get a better view, but at just that moment it flew off with three other hawks following it. I never had a good look at the bird it caught. it looks like the tail feathers are sticking up in these photos; I'm guessing it's a boat-tailed Grackle tail, but I'm very open to other interpretations.

Central Winds Park
Red-shouldered Hawk
Central Winds Park
Red-shouldered Hawk
 

Comments

  1. Terrific photographs of this very handsome hawk! So striking against the green grass.

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  2. I love the lighting on the Hawk, and I would agree, Grackle, All the best Gordon.

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  3. Wonderful images and capture.

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  4. Thanks, Julie! They are pretty birds. They're very common here, but this guy helped me not take them for granted.

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