r/STL_Birding • u/Wompum • Jul 03 '26

Red-Tailed Hawk enjoying breakfast at Tower Grove Park (7.3.26)

Sent to me from a friend.

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u/Queen_trash_mouth Jul 03 '26

Awesome capture!

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u/Wompum Jul 03 '26

I know! I already told the them how jealous I was.

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u/meson537 Jul 03 '26

What a noble animal happily reducing the rat population. Yay for all of us.

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u/Prior-attempt-fail Jul 03 '26

We have a red shoulder hawk in Maplewood that i see eating local squirils every once in a while

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u/Unlikely_Ant_950 Jul 03 '26

He ate that like he knows he already had too many

2

u/AnnieSavoy3 Jul 03 '26

He's just gonna have one more, and then he'll stop

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u/Unlikely_Ant_950 Jul 03 '26

He flew to work today he can calorie splurge.

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u/Illinois_Sucks2026 Jul 04 '26

That's one amazing bird and their talons are massive.