I Wondered 'Why? by pimanjc

Photography • Animals • posted on Apr 17, 2016

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I wondered why this Spring we had far fewer visits to our yard by Cardinals, BlueJays, Robins, or Doves. Then I saw this Hawk sitting on a limb up above the yard. When I first spotted him, he had some prey that he was grasping in his talons, and was tearing apart with his beak. Of course, this is natural behavior for birds that are part of the Raptor family. By the time I ran into the house and grabbed the camera, he had finished his meal. Seeing the Hawk explains the scarcity of other birds and squirrels this year. Thanks for viewing my gallery. JC

Comments (20)

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Faemike55

6:01PM | Sun, 17 April 2016

Impressive capture! Wicked and cool narrative!
yeah! Raptors tend to be party-crashers

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GrandmaT

6:27PM | Sun, 17 April 2016

Beautiful hawk! It's a shame you have to loose the little birds to gain this magnificent one.

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Richardphotos

6:30PM | Sun, 17 April 2016

superb capture. they fly over my house daily and have grabbed puupies and cats among other creatures

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ladylake

6:30PM | Sun, 17 April 2016

Hawks come by once in awhile and nab our hummingbirds. I hate it....but hubby says they have to eat also. Nice photo.

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Kindredsoul

6:38PM | Sun, 17 April 2016

nice photograph, sorry to hear not seeing as many cardinals this year, they are hard to spot..

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eekdog

7:14PM | Sun, 17 April 2016

He will find new hunting grounds soon, we had a neighbors cat hauled off by a very large barn owl about 5 months ago.

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RodS Online Now!

10:21PM | Sun, 17 April 2016

Population control?

I know I really have to keep an eye peeled for red-tail hawks when I'm out flying the drones... the raptors like to check them out...

Great shot of this raptor.

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giulband

12:41AM | Mon, 18 April 2016

Excellent capture !!

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UteBigSmile

12:42AM | Mon, 18 April 2016

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aqua1955

2:33AM | Mon, 18 April 2016

You did a great job with this picture. It is not often they get so close

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QuietRiot

5:34PM | Mon, 18 April 2016

Fantastic capture. Our peacocks send up the alarm when a hawk is near. Even the wild birds have come to know the alert! They then run to the tree the hawk is in and try to chase it away. the same thing happens with owls.

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Hendesse

2:12AM | Tue, 19 April 2016

Excellent capture of this raptorial bird.

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iborg64

2:11PM | Tue, 19 April 2016

superb capture of a marvelous bird

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Leilana

4:04PM | Tue, 19 April 2016

Thats so very sweet! :)

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Leije

10:22AM | Fri, 22 April 2016

He's a predator, but also a splendid bird, great capture !

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nefertiabet

9:21AM | Sat, 23 April 2016

Wonderful capture my friend!!!

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ia-du-lin

4:00PM | Sat, 23 April 2016

nice shot

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anitalee

6:14PM | Sun, 24 April 2016

Excellent

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jaynep12002

10:08PM | Tue, 26 April 2016

Great photo - we have one that regularly visits our back yard and when he comes by, all the other birds disappear into the bushes and are silent until he is gone. Every now and then we find a sad pile of feathers near the feeder where he caught a dove or something.

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