patriotic red-tailed hawk in providence

When days are warm, Providence’s Burnside Park is filled with people – but in colder months only pigeons remain… and the voracious hawks that come to hunt them.

Today I photographed this handsome and hungry Red-tailed Hawk successfully catch, defeather, and consume a pigeon. It’s pretty easy for him – when people feed the pigeons they are distracted while fighting for food, and the hawk simply flies over and picks one up:

4 Jan ’13 Filed under Red-tailed Hawks. Post a comment.

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Anna LeBlanc

Posted 4 Jan ’13 at 8:03 pm | Permalink

Those are an absolutely amazing series of shots Peter!!!

- Peter Green
  
  Posted 4 Jan ’13 at 8:22 pm | Permalink
  
  thank you and happy new year
Hali Sowle

Posted 4 Jan ’13 at 9:22 pm | Permalink

Fabulous series of shots Peter!

- Peter Green
  
  Posted 5 Jan ’13 at 10:18 am | Permalink
  
  thank you, Hali, I appreciate it
I {heart} Rhody

Posted 6 Jan ’13 at 8:22 pm | Permalink

Terrific series of shots!

Diana McCoy

Posted 6 Jan ’13 at 9:21 pm | Permalink

I really love your pictures. thanks so much.

Ellen Ingram

Posted 7 Jan ’13 at 10:24 am | Permalink

These shots are amazing!!!!

- Peter Green
  
  Posted 7 Jan ’13 at 11:23 am | Permalink
  
  thank you all for the comments, I appreciate it

patriotic red-tailed hawk in providence

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