Last Tuesday, I spent almost two hours with a Bald Eagle in Green-Wood. I first saw the huge bird perched above Valley Water.
A bold Blue Jay read the Riot Act. An American Kestrel flew past but did not engage.
But a pair of Red-tailed Hawks did, making some passes as the eagle screamed. (It has long been standard to use Red-tailed Hawk calls in the place of Bald Eagle calls in media because the hawks are considered more impressive vocally. The eagle is a bit of a pipsqueak.)
One of the Red-tails is perched nearby on the left.
The Red-tails definitely looked like a mating pair. They followed the Baldie when it took off. I found the Baldie again at Sylvan Water, which leads us to tomorrow’s post…
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