Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Red Tails





On Facebook, Frans de Waal posted the top picture, taken by photographer Anni Kasper near Rancho Seco, in California, of a Red-tailed Hawk carrying away a Pacific Gopher snake.

Also on Facebook the folks at The Naturalist's Notebook posted this picture, taken by photographer Ken Rohling, of a leucistic, Red-Tailed Hawk. Amazing!

2 comments:

Ruth said...

There have been several leucistic Red Tails reported (and photographed) in my corner of the USA lately. It could I suppose be one bird getting around, but if so he's well traveled. These birds are mostly white, with only the red-orange of the tail making it obvious what they are.

Ruth said...

Here's one, thats well known in the immediate region: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=691251467683853&set=pcb.691251501017183&type=3&theater