Corralitas Drive: Red Tailed Hawk Has A Taste For Gophers; Not Yet Adept At Catching Them

Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 8, 2013.  I heard an odd hawk call, with rustling in the tree near my back door, so grabbed my camera.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

 

This appears to be the same very large, young Red Tailed Hawk that several neighbors and I have seen engaging in the same types of hunting behavior lately.  It doesn't have the patience to wait out the prey as long as the more