[va-richmond-general] Re: Gotta love this Red-shouldered Hawk-Chester 31 March 2014
- From: "Catharine W. Tucker" <cath.tucker@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx" <juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:26:13 -0400
Big red-tail perched in oak tree beside Hill Carter Dr about 1 block N of
Ashcake Rd today at 5 PM. Tonite. About 3:00 PM today, I saw an osprey fishing
over 2 ponds just W of Hanover Quarter Rd, Hanover Co, approx 4 mi NE of the
Courthouse.
Female broad-wing perched at eye-level in tree beside creek at NW corner of
Lewis Ginter Bot Gard on Thurs, 3/27 @ 10:30 AM.
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On Mar 31, 2014, at 9:42 PM, juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> Took a detour before heading home to cook dinner this after to check on my
> new favorite wetland area. The Red-shouldered Hawk which has been stalking
> frogs from atop a Wood Duck box was not present when I first arrived. Within
> 5 minutes the hawk made a frog-less pass at the marsh and came to rest on the
> top of a Bluebird box. After sunning himself for a bit, off he flew and
> slammed into the reeds. It only took a moment and back to the Bluebird box he
> flew with a successful catch. Definitely a frog. The sunlight (dare I say)
> was harsh and made it tricky to get a good look or photo but am attaching
> what I did get. The hawk had his talons sunk into the frog and was ripping
> out strings of frog-age. All at once the frog lept off the Bluebird box. I am
> sure it was the "last hop" but it was quite amazing. The Hawk looked duped
> and did not pursue his lost prey.
>
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> Here's a few images from the afternoon. Quite a difference from the chilly
> rain of yesterday.
>
> JulieKacmarcik
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> Chester
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> <IMG_8727.jpg><IMG_8734.jpg>
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> <I'm stuffed....jpg>
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