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Red-tailed hawk and Northern Pintail duck
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Red-tailed hawk and Northern Pintail duck

Red-tailed hawk capturing and dispatching a Northern Pintail duck
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Habitat
Marsh
Location
Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, WA
Date taken
25 October 2009
Equipment used
Swarovski 65HD scope + Nikon P5100 + DCA
Deanneart
Fantastic set of photos. I'd heard that Red-tails hunted ducks as well as rodents but never seen an image of that.
 
KC Foggin
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I too have never seen this BOP go after any ducks so very informative presentation.
 
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Thank you all for the nice comments. I must say that this is an example where timing is more important than equipment. I was digiscoping, not normally a very good for technique action shots.

Bill
 

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