S. M. Garver - Wildlife Photos - Hawks

Red-shouldered hawks nested and ate in this area. This first page displays youngsters and adults eating various creatures.
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This juvenile hawk seems to be trying to figure out what happened to what it thought it grabbed.
[Mostly brown hawk with a number of white feathers is perched atop the fence rail looking down at the twigs and stuff it has in its grasp.]

Where did it go?
[Hawk still has one empty foot in the air as it is now turned to the other side looking down at the ground.]

The banding on the tail is clearly visible on this adult hunting in the same area.
[Back of the hawk as seen from its left side. The face with its hooked beak is in profile. The back is a mixture of white-tipped brown feathers. The tail has two wide dark-brown horizontal stripes separated by two thin white stripes.]

This adult red-shouldered hawk has just grabbed a mouse. The light-colored head of this hawk is apparently common among the species residing in Florida.
[Hawk with wings outstretched overhead and facing the camera is about 18 inches above the ground and has a mouse in its right talons. It is flying toward the top of a fence on the left of the photo.]

Close view of the catch.
[Hawk is perched on the fence rail balancing on its left foot. Only the feet and the top of the fence are visible in the image. The right foot is extended forwarded slightly with the mouse in its grasp. An eye and nose of the mouse is visible.]

Not sure what this hawk is doing as I didn't notice anything in its talons, but it's a great feather display.
[Hawk standing is on a grassy hillside with its back to the camera and its head turned to the left. It has its tail feathers fanned and its wings partiall open as if it is mantling something at its feet.]

Through my second story window I noticed this hawk eating something.
[Hawk has its talons around something on the ground in the grass and its beak is pulling at its catch.]

It's eating a bullfrog.
[The hawk is still holding the frog with both feet and has a bit in its beak as it raised its head.]

I went outside to get a better image and the hawk heard me even though I went out the far door so as not to disturb it.
[The hawk is in flight about a foot above the ground. Its wings are spread showing the white and brown on them and the tail. The frog is hanging below it still clutched in the talons.]

The hawk flew to this tree. However, there's no frog with it.
[The hawk is standing on a bare branch of a nearby tree. Its feathers are still partially spread.]

Here's the remains of the bullfrog.
[The frog's body and one leg are a light color against the brown ground. It appears the frog ate most of one leg.]

This hawk has a snake dangling from its mouth.
[The hawk is perched in a tree with a thin branch in front of part of its face. The bird has either just landed or is getting ready to fly because its body is close to a right angle to its legs. Dangling from the beak is a snake about a foot and a half long with a white or yellow belly. The snake's tail end is curved as if it may still be wiggling.]

This hawk just grabbed a baby duckling. The brown duckling is upside-down in the upper claw with its head and orange beak facing to the right.
[The hawk is flying with both wings outstretched to the left and its legs tilted to the right. The white underside of the top wing is visible as the bird flies into a very leafy tree. The duckling's head is about the same size as the closed talons of the foot not holding it.]

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