Tag: Red-tailed Hawks

Dora and Christo have lunch while the countdown begins for the first eyass!

First of three eggs could hatch any day now!

Poor Christo gets the $%*& scared out of him!

 

It’s been hard to get a shot of Dora and Christo together lately. Dora’s been endlessly vigilant on the nest while Christo is out and about. The only interactions they’ve had have been quick swap outs for egg incubation and snack drop-off. Christo also has been keeping another raptor at bay today.

This just in: 3 eggs in the nest!

Dora and Christo have done it again! 3 eggs last year and 3 again this year. Full update from Goggla. Can’t wait to see some eyasses by early May.

Amazing! 180 degree head rotation. Take that, owls!

Music by Santa Esmerelda

A hawk beak and talons. It’s what I have to work with. Don’t judge.

 

The large eyes of a raptor are positioned on the front of the face, affording binocular vision and excellent depth perception. If our eyes were as large in proportion to our bodies as the eyes of a Red-tailed Hawk, they would be about the size of tennis balls.  – From Red-tailed Hawk by Charles R. Preston

Photo via @TheNoShow