Corralitas Drive: Red Tail Hawk With Prey

Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 9, 2015.  If you look closely, the Red Tail is clutching a good sized mammal.  The rodent's hind legs and butt are just barely visible to the right and beneath the hawk.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)



 
Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 9, 2015.  When I shot these photos, I thought something was odd about the way the hawk was perched atop the big pine tree