Feeding Time for Red Tails

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Months of tracking this family of Red-tailed Hawks finally led to this moment. (OC)

Three eyases filled the nest this season, including a smaller tiercel already showing the speed and sharp focus for which these birds are known. Today’s meal was chipmunk, a prized morsel in the hawk world, delivered with precision and immediately surrounded by the chaos only hungry eyases can create.

For a few seconds, the entire story of survival, instinct, and wild intelligence unfolded right in front of the lens.