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This was one of the highlights of our trip to Ridgefield NWR. This Red-tailed hawk just stood perched, maybe 15 feet from us and really didn't care as we inched up in our car. Perhaps the branches to the side are a little distracting and such...but I really don't mind. I just feel fortunate I got this close to a wild hawk. It was quite an experience.

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) These birds wait on a high perch and swoop down on prey; they may also patrol open areas in flight. They mainly eat small mammals, birds and reptiles. Throughout their range in the U.S., Red-tailed Hawks receive special legal protections under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. They have a complex relationship with humans, capable of both controlling rodent and other mammalian pests, and of on occasion being one, taking valuable fowl. More

Description
This was one of the highlights of our trip to Ridgefield NWR. This Red-tailed hawk just stood perched, maybe 15 feet from us and really didn't care as we inched up in our car. Perhaps the branches to the side are a little distracting and such...but I really don't mind. I just feel fortunate I got this close to a wild hawk. It was quite an experience.

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) These birds wait on a high perch and swoop down on prey; they may also patrol open areas in flight. They mainly eat small mammals, birds and reptiles. Throughout their range in the U.S., Red-tailed Hawks receive special legal protections under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. They have a complex relationship with humans, capable of both controlling rodent and other mammalian pests, and of on occasion being one, taking valuable fowl. More