Red Tailed Hawk Sighting

The other day I found a wing of a bird in the gutter in front of my house. I thought at first that a kid was playing with his bee bee gun, but today I found who was responsible.

A Red Tailed Hawk was sitting on a neighbors fence while picking away at a smaller bird. I had my camera in my car, so I rolled down the window and shot some photos. I wanted to get some better shots, so I got out of my car and walked up 10 feet from the hawk. He continued to eat, but after a while he just stared at me as if to say, "You eye ballin' me boy?"

I do like them around here though. Combined with the coyotes running around, these scavengers take care of mice! I am a big proponent of natural elimination of mice.

In the pictures below, you will see his prey underneath the hawk.