Back in '02, there was this young red-tailed hawk that decided it was gonna have, er, lunch in my yard. Luckily, I didn't get a good shot of said lunch (which was a bunny of some type), but I did get a few semi-decent shots of the hawk. Now, these were shot with a much older camera than I have now (not to mention I didn't even know how to work it properly), so they're not all that crisp. I decided to post these, though, after I accidentally deleted all my new pics from the park off my memory card. I needed /something/ to fiddle with, and besides.. it's very rare you're able to get this close to a hawk- in the Jersey suburbs, at least.
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There I was, just sitting in a lawn chair in my yard when this poor thing, about two or three yards from me, was trying to drag it's prize away. The bunny, however, was heavier than the bird had imagined, so when he/she went to fly off, it almost smacked me in the head. That woulda sucked- no one needs a disemboweled bunny thwacked against their forehead.
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