Originally Posted by
genejockey
Speaking of hawks, as I was swooping down a hill in Woodside yesterday afternoon, at the point where my speed reaches the maximum just before a narrow bridge, something swooped down from my left and right in front of me, maybe 6' from my front tire, about the height of the axle. Once it was past, my brain processed the images and I realized it was a Red Tail that almost took us both out.
They have a bad habit of disregarding any threat from elsewhere once they’ve locked in on their prey. We have a major 4 lane interstate highway nearby where they love to congregate and hunt the trapped rodents in the median. However they occasionally get killed by vehicles when they takeoff too low.
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