[Pharmboy]

Red Shouldered Hawk about to grab a bunny or whatever

[BullDog108]

More like he’s about to land by grabbing the branches...

[decimon]

That’s a handsome bird. If that was your capture then congrats.

[Myrddin]

My wife had one of these birds for hunting for about 6 months. It was very proficient at catching cotton tail rabbits. Eventually it flew off while she was hunting in the estuary east of Mission Bay. She normally hunts with a big female Red Tail Hawk.

We had another Red Shouldered Hawk for a short time. My wife spotted an id tag on it's leg and was able to contact the owner (another falconer). The owner paid for air freight all the way to Florida to recover the bird. It flew off during a falconry meet in San Diego. My wife later captured it.

[PAR35]

Red Shouldered Hawk about to grab a bunny

Must be a different breed of rabbits up there. Around here, they don't live in the tops of trees.

[Publius6961]

Red Shouldered Hawk about to grab a bunny or whatever...

And tear it into bloody bits, eating it while still alive.
But hey. He's a protected natural species.

Humans came from outer space.