Incredible posture of a Red Backed Hawk (Falkland Islands) (1 Viewer)

[Alan henry]

I took the below image of a dark phased juvenile Red Backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma feeding on a dead male Upland Goose Chloephaga picta leucoptera.

I have never seen a Red Backed Hawk standing so erect before.


More pictures of the birds and two other Red Backed Hawks at the kill can be seen on my blog.

www.surfbirds.com/blog/falklandbirder



Cheers

Alan

 

[dantheman]

Isn't that Chewbacca just finishing off swallowing Darth Vader??

Nice pics. My cousin has just been stationed down in the Falkland Islands, apparently he's finding it a bit isolated and quiet. Although he did say the birdlife is amazing, getting up close to Penguins, Hawks etc a pretty good highlight . . .