Red-shouldered Hawk Dive-bombs Black-crowned Night Heron

The red-shouldered hawk (right) had just taken a dive-bomb run at the black-crowned night heron (left, wings upraised). They made so much noise I nearly jumped out of my skin! The hawk did not like having the heron feeding in its home territory. Oct 8, 2009


The red-shouldered hawk (right) had just taken a dive-bomb run at the black-crowned night heron (left, wings upraised). They made so much noise I nearly jumped out of my skin! The hawk did not like having the heron feeding in its home territory. Oct 8, 2009
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Judy  From San Diego    Supporting Member
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OK, OK ... I get the message! Geez!
24/Oct/09 1:20 AM
appy  From india
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Camera,set,action...
24/Oct/09 2:06 AM
   Keith  From CA    Supporting Member
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Awesome action shot.
24/Oct/09 2:51 AM
   Vibrant Vici  From California    Supporting Member
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Wow Jim! How did you get this shot? You must have been right on it! Fabulous.
24/Oct/09 6:09 AM
   CynB  From Redlands Qld Aus    Supporting Member
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Terrific action shot, Jim.
24/Oct/09 10:57 AM
   Jim  From Jupiter    Supporting Member
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I had been taking pics of the hawk for some time, it was perched on the fence behind my next-door neighbors house. Suddenly, it dive-bombed the heron - which I had not yet noticed - and continued on to the other side of Old Jupiter Creek, where it came to rest in a tree.
A second hawk came from upstream and also dive bombed the night heron. I suspected the first hawk would make a second pass and come back.
I held the button halfway down, making the camera focus on the heron, awaiting the return of the hawk. Right on cue, the bird attacked the heron, and I clicked the shutter. Wow!
24/Oct/09 2:30 PM
   Rayray  From Yorks & E.Sussex    Supporting Member
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Marvellous picture, Jim
30/Oct/09 2:50 AM
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