I have been watching a Red-shouldered Hawk all this past winter and spring that has been nesting about 20 feet off of the ground in a tree in my back yard. I have checked on this hawk almost every day, and she has let me take lots of photos of her. I normally stand about 40 feet away from the base of the tree. A couple of days ago, I thought that I saw a second chick in the nest, so I walked about 10 feet closer to get a better view. Mama flew out of the nest and dropped to my eye level. We were staring at each other eye to eye when I realized she was flying right at me! At the last moment I ducked as she passed right over the top of my head with her talons out - I was lucky that she didn't get my face or my scalp.
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Red-shouldered Hawk chicks
Where's mama?
Stretch those wings!
Stretch those wings!
Stretch those wings!