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Buteo jamaicensis
Juvenile red tailed hawk it still has some of its last meal on its beak This young hawk was not scared of me at all I saw him standing on the ground with his talons full of leaves after a failed attempt at catching a squirrel I thought he was hurt or something was wrong with him because of how close he let me get to him but he finally flew about 100 yards and landed about 7 feet up in a tree and again he let me get with in 2 feet from him so I took a bunch of photos of him before I left him to his hunting
Spotted on Aug 3, 2011
Submitted on Aug 3, 2011
6 Comments
Thank you DM I will post more pics when I get home tonight
I agree, I would love to see more shots of this fantastic bird! You were very lucky to get so close, I'm impressed. A truly amazing picture.
This young hawk was not scared of me at all I saw him standing on the ground with his talons full of leaves after a failed attempt at catching a squirrel I thought he was hurt or something was wrong with him because of how close he let me get to him but he finally flew about 100 yards and landed about 7 feet up in a tree and again he let me get with in 2 feet from him so I took a bunch of photos of him before I left him to his hunting
I suggest you add some to this spotting
Yes it let me get very close so I took about 45 pics
Very good shot - any-more of this spotting?