Brave Rabbit

[150PandY]

This is a picture of a Hawk or a Falcon that has just caught a Dove and is eating it when a Rabbit comes over to see what is going on. I hope you can see from the picture. I took the picture while going for a walk with my family yesterday. http://static.flickr.com/86/261460598_b8e360ed7d_b.jpg

[Dev]

Wow. Whats just as amazing is that the hawk is that close to a bunch of houses.

[150PandY]

What made me look over there in the first place was I heard the hawk or falcon hit the side of the house then saw it flutter down. I walked to within 30 feet of it before it flew off.

[Foam Steak]

That Rabbit has BALLS OF STEEL!

[trust me]

That Rabbit has BALLS OF STEEL!


Nah, he's safe as a baby, knowing that the bird will occupy the hawk for a while, just like the wildebeest that grazes peacefully while the lions rip his unlucky cousin to shreds just a few yards away......"Well, looks like ol' Fred bought the farm. Good, that gives me a few hours of peace and quiet. Poor ol' Fred...I never did like him."

[ryan hickey]

pretty sure its not a hawk, is it a peregrine falcon? how about it CSSarcher, what kind of bird is it?

i saw a hawk do the same thing to a robin while mowing a friend's yard, pretty cool to get that close to 'em. wished i had my camera on me like u did :)

[trust me]

I was in the house one day and heard this squeaking in the front yard that just kept going. When I looked, it was a starling in the clutches of a sparrow hawk. The hawk wouldn't kill it, but held it in both claws while the thing squawked and flapped.

I peeked through the curtains and watched and finally it ate the breast (still alive!) and then flew off, leaving the carcass for me to dispose of.

[Bruttus]

That Rabbit has BALLS OF STEEL!


Or a pea size Brain.

[C.L.Button]

Cool photos ,,, THANKS :D

[fordguy]

........or maybe the rabbit planted the dove there and is just trying to catch some tastey hawk meat:D

[Xi Bowhunter]

Cool pic! Thanks!

[Art]

It looks like a red tail hawk to me. If it's not, it could be a Cooper's hawk. Hard to tell from the pick.

[Marmot_Militia]

That is a cool picture! Cooper's hawks are raptors, they eat other birds, rabbit may not have too much to worry about (not that he'd know this.)

Too small for RTH, Peregrine, or Goshawk.

Regards,
MM

[bcdh1]

just plain brave

[AteUp]

Wow. Whats just as amazing is that the hawk is that close to a bunch of houses.

Naah, hawks are all over the place nowadays. You can see them all up and down the interstates here in Louisville. I live 5 miles from downtown and opened up my front door one day and there was one standing there eating a starling.

[buckfever]

Looks like a Broad-winged Hawk to me or possibly an immature Red-Tail.

But it's a little small (or that rabbit is huge), so it might also be a Cooper's Hawk or a female Peregrine Falcon.

[Hallal]

you know 150 you've got the craziest luck since i met you. I know where you live and you would think i would see stuff like that all the time at my place, but no it happens in your neigborhood. crazy just crazy

[150PandY]

Naah, hawks are all over the place nowadays. You can see them all up and down the interstates here in Louisville. I live 5 miles from downtown and opened up my front door one day and there was one standing there eating a starling.

Well you all arent going to believe it but yesterday morning I heard a big THUMP THUMP THUMP and I looked out my back door and he was in my screened in pourch chasing another dove. He couldnt find his way out so I had to escort him. I took some pictures I will post later. I am pretty sure it is the same bird.

[rangerman2003]

that is truely amazing, nice picture

[rouge]

i see reds snatching limbrats all the time here in the lexington parks.