Tuesday, March 8, 2011

World Bird Wednesday XVI



Last Friday when I was out at Huntley Meadows, I saw an interesting aerial display. There were 2 Red-shouldered Hawks out doing a type of mating flight. As I was getting close, I heard a "kee-ahh" call over and over. I saw the 2 Red-shouldered hawks gaining altitude and then the male would fly down at the female. They did this over and over. The interesting thing was that the male did this will carrying nesting materials at the same time.

Red-shouldered Hawk


















Hawk 2

















Close up

11 comments:

  1. Great photos of the in-flight displays of the Hawks.

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  2. Very nice photos of Hawks in action. Well captured.
    Have a nice day.

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  3. What a cool sight to watch. Great photos. I loved Huntley Meadows, it is a wonderful place to bird.

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  4. Great action shots!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  5. Great captures of their behaviour Steve.

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  6. Just shows he is really committed and would be a good capture for a female looking for task-sharing male!

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  7. Great shots of the RSH carrying nest materials!

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  8. how wonderful to be able to witness this behavior!

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  9. Awesome. I have started to see some of this behavior in Michigan. It seems the dance has begun!

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  10. YOU got some gorgerous shots of the hawks--I saw 2 male mallards practicing on each other at the duck pond the other day so its the crazy season for them I guess hormones on a rampage!

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