Robert McNees
Out in the suburbs last night, this handsome son of a gun landed right in front of my car.
It played with its dinner a bit, flipping it up in the air and pecking at it, lifting it with its talons and inspecting it from different angles. After a few minutes of this it flew over to a nearby fence.
Robert McNees
@spiegelmama red tail, I think
spiegelmama
@mcnees Is that a rough-legged hawk? I've never had the pleasure of seeing one. Great pictures!
JMcD
@mcnees A few months ago, I was sitting in car in my dentist’s parking lot waiting for them to open (I had the earliest appointment available for my checkup) and a hawk landed on my windshield, perched on my windshield wipers. I stayed still and watched it for a couple of minutes, then tried to get my phone for a picture. As soon as I moved to get my phone, it saw me and flew off.
aprilfollies
@mcnees Hawks are raptors - I wonder if it was evaluating the roadkill to see if it was fresh enough to be worth eating. (It’s my understanding that they aren’t fond of carrion, though I could be very wrong.)
Robert McNees
@aprilfollies I wondered the same! I didn’t see if it landed on it or with it. But it certainly seemed to be trying to get a response out of it!
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