Thursday, October 01, 2009

Don't Mess with Kingbirds

Today's Denver Post had this great pic of a Western Kingbird harrassing a Red-tailed Hawk that I just had to pass on.

3 comments:

Cat Urbigkit said...

Fabulous action shot!

Camera Trap Codger said...

Change that hawk to a barn owl, and you have a similar image that will forever remain in my memory. Circa 1965 at Mercy Hot Springs, San Benito County, California. An awesome thing to see (and I don't use that bastardized word very often). Thanks.

Mark Churchill said...

A lot of non-birders see this sort of thing and think the "mommy bird" or "daddy bird" (the hawk) is giving flying lessons to the "baby bird" (kingbird). But if anyone's getting schooled...