Slideshow: Red-tailed Hawk devours a mouse
A fun little slideshow of a very cool raptor enjoying a meal recently. This hawk had caught its prey in a field and then was kind enough to eat it…
Red-tailed Hawk makes off with a meal
A very fun encounter with this raptor recently. Driving down a dirt road I see this Red-tailed Hawk dive down from a pole and clearly grab something. I come to…
Red-tailed Hawk stands guard
The soft light of the rising sun and the dramatic fall skies in the background really make this one a personal favorite. This is Karma, a captive bird, used for…
Gorgeous young Red-tailed Hawk
These hawks are very common on the Great Plains and, honestly, a lot of times I don't give them a second look. However, when I saw this light morph juvenile…
Young Red-tailed Hawk spreads its wings
As I continue sorting through pics from the past year, I come across some cool ones that I haven't shared before. This is one from back in April and taken…
Chow time on the Great Plains
However gruesome it might be, scenes like this are played out routinely in Mother Nature. The relationship between predator and prey is a life-sustaining action and necessary to maintain diversity…