FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Red-tailed Pirate

[David Roemer <dlroemer@xxxxxxxxx>]

One morning last week on the way to Barren Reservoir,
I stopped to watch a Red-tailed Hawk dive-bombing
another.  Judging by relative size, the male was
repeatedly diving at the female which was carrying
some unidentified prey.   

It was a great day for soaring birds, clear and windy,
and they were high in the sky.  After a number of
dives by the male, the female released the prey and I
could see it was a squirrel!  The male did a roll-over
and caught the squirrel before it had fallen 15 feet. 
What a sight.

I've seen Red-tails with squirrels many times, but
never one robbed by another Red-tail.

David L. Roemer
Bowling Green

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