Red Shouldered Hawk (protecting it's meal)

Thnx Reza

That is the beauty of birding,Desmond. You learn something new every time. New plumage,new behaviors,fledglings,juveniles,babies etc etc.

Awesome bird! That's sooo cool how they guard their food like that! Great series!

Beauty !

Wow thats a super spotting Jemma,beautiful and powerfull photos,congrats and thanks for sharing

Wonderful series! In no mood to share!

Thank you so much Lauren ,
initially i thought that it must be preening itself. Until it turned around! The other hawk waited ,hoping to get a bite and then flew off.

Wonderful behavioral series!

Beautiful shots, Jemma!!!!

Fabulous series Jemma.

stunning photos

thank you so much, Reiko,Dilan, Little Lokelani,Doren,Jolly,Gator and Stacy.
Jolly that really is so true. It was really hungry and taking all measures to protect it's catch from being snatched away.Looks like another tactic to secure the prey was to lodge it's claw into it.

Cool photos!

Jemma there is a greater white fronted goose with Canada geese at Heather Farms

very nice series :)

Excellent series Jemma!!!!

Fantastic series Jemma.

Beautiful series. Lucky for you its feeding so you have enough time to capture these beautiful pictures.

Very nice series.

Robby ,most of the time the meal was covered. When i had a glimpse , i saw it being pulled to pieces and eaten.Could be a squirrel or a mouse.

The rains have begun. With each season comes something new!!
These hawks love the rains.
i also saw a few more new spots. I heard the killdeers!! Really sweet.,

Wonderful, Jemma!

thanks Misako! Nice to see you after so long!!

Nice series!

thank you, Robby and Sachindra! initially i thought that it must be preening itself. Until it turned around! The other hawk waited ,hoping to get a bite and then flew off.