This Red-tailed Hawk observation comes to us from Ann Mendoza in Sachse, Texas.
Ann discovered a Red-tailed Hawk in her backyard eating a squirrel it had captured. The hawk was so busy eating that it allowed Ann to walk up to withing just a couple of feet/meters of its position. Finally, when she came just a little too close, the hawk picked up and flew off across the neighborhood creek and landed in a tree.
Later, Ann went over to see if the hawk had dropped the squirrel under the tree. On the way, she stumbled across the hawk again. This time he was sitting on a park bench in a neighbor’s yard.
The hawk spent most of the rest of the day sitting on the bench or in nearby a willow tree. Ann managed to get a photograph of the hawk while he was sitting on the neighbor’s bird feeder.
Observation Details
| County | – | Dallas |
37370 Saint-Paterne-Racan, France |
| City | – | Sachse | |
| Date | – | Aug 10, 2012 | |
| Time of Day | – | Afternoon | |
| Temperature | – | Hot (greater than 89°F/32°C) | |
| Weather | – | Clear | |
| Habitat | – | Residential-Single Family | |
| Type of Behavior | – | Various | |
| Gender | – | Uncertain | |
| Maturity | – | Juvenile | |
| Observer | – | Ann Mendoza |
