yourlibrarian: Crow Silhouette (NAT-Crow Silhouette - yourlibrarian)
yourlibrarian ([personal profile] yourlibrarian) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2024-01-28 01:23 pm
Entry tags:

Low Flying Hawk



I was coming home a few months ago when I was startled not only to see a low flying hawk but it almost hit the car. The first photo is of it flying away and not great quality but I included it to demonstrate how low it was flying -- just a few feet above the road.

As it happens it landed at the entrance to our neighborhood, so I was able to stop the car and take some photos. It had caught a squirrel though I can't make it out in these pics.



Another two pictures of the hawk, as it was preparing to fly off. One could see its catch in the bottom picture.





shirebound: (Default)

[personal profile] shirebound 2024-01-28 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
What an interesting sighting.

Poor squirrel. :(
aurumcalendula: gold, blue, orange, and purple shapes on a black background (Default)

[personal profile] aurumcalendula 2024-01-28 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Neat!
pauraque: bird flying (Default)

[personal profile] pauraque 2024-01-28 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I've noticed red-tailed hawks seem prone to flying quite low over traffic, which does make them easier to spot though it can be startling! Nice sighting.
cmcmck: (Default)

[personal profile] cmcmck 2024-01-28 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It's sparrowhawks that tend to play such games here.
senmut: modern style black canary on right in front of modern style deathstroke (Default)

[personal profile] senmut 2024-01-28 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Gorgeous
linky: A bird reaching towards a berry with its wings streched out (Stock: Birds - Fly)

[personal profile] linky 2024-01-28 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Such an impressive bird! I'm always blown away by how big they are.
redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)

[personal profile] redbird 2024-01-28 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
A red-tailed hawk once decided that the fire escape outside my kitchen window was a good place to eat its dinner. That was a top-floor apartment, looking out on a parking lot. We watched quietly through the kitchen window, and it seemed unfazed by this.

Manhattan is a better place for bird-watching than a lot of people think.




full_metal_ox: A gold Chinese Metal Ox zodiac charm. (Default)

[personal profile] full_metal_ox 2024-01-28 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
There’s a viral amateur video of (I think) a redtail slowly throttling and then carrying off a domestic cat (the narrator identifies the site as “the 5800 block of Roosevelt”, placing the incident in urban Philadelphia. He does nothing to intervene, but points out an obvious lesson: “Bet you put a leash on the next one.”) Let the summary serve as content warning; also expect a lot of profanity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLtIuKaaF4M
dhampyresa: (Default)

[personal profile] dhampyresa 2024-01-28 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, it looks so cool!
iddewes: (robin)

[personal profile] iddewes 2024-01-29 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Beautiful bird! We get a lot of birds of prey around where I live (near fields and woods, in Germany) but I don’t think I have had one close enough to photograph.
minoanmiss: Minoan version of Egyptian scribal goddess Seshat (Seshat)

[personal profile] minoanmiss 2024-01-29 06:13 am (UTC)(link)

A gorgeous hunter, hunting. I'm glad it didn't hit the car!

redsixwing: A red knotwork emblem. (Default)

[personal profile] redsixwing 2024-01-29 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice shots! The hawk eats well tonight..
full_metal_ox: A gold Chinese Metal Ox zodiac charm. (Default)

[personal profile] full_metal_ox 2024-02-05 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
The weight of the prey, or of the narrative?