RE: A juvenile Harrier Hawk landed.
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Fantastic pictures of the Harrier Hawk! You included some very interesting information in there, I didn't realize they could climb trees and have that bare skin spot of the face that can change from yellow to red when agitated. Fascinating predator!
Too bad you couldn't get to the other side of the tree, but an electric fence makes for a very good deterrent. But even facing into the sun you managed to get some really nice pictures of the hawk. They really are gorgeous birds and are always of the hunt for their next meal. That's how things survive in nature, you either feed or you die. Nature isn't always very fair, but life isn't either. And like you like to say, such is life!
Too bad you didn't catch him finding some prey, that would have been exciting! Of course the squeamish of stomach would have to pass on those pictures. I've seen far worse in my lifetime so a little hunting in nature has never bothered me personally. Animals have to survive, it's the way it works. Even we have to go hunting, even if it is only to the grocery store...
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Thank you for the compliment, and I am glad that you learned some interesting facts about the predator.
I have a habit to make the best of a difficult situation, and there were no ways for me to cope with an electric fence on a private property, and I agree with your outlook on the feeding rules in nature. Just to add that even the dead are eaten until there is nothing left. Such is life indeed :)
I like your humor describing our hunt to the grocery stores, and it is so true. I have posted it with prey before, but lately I try to post it without.
Btw, the one-eyed parent that we call "Pirate" landed on a streetlamp today, and I will soon do a post about it.
Here's a teaser.
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That's a great picture!