I'm just about to give up searching for wildlife for the afternoon, exhausting every local spot, when I see a friendly face whom I share the same passion of nature. (Hi Pam!) I stop for a chat and catch up with what we've seen and not seen in the recent days.
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As we are talking, a few red-tailed hawks take to the sky and start soaring around...
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Then another hawk decides he wants to cause some trouble and takes to the skies also...
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We knew this unproductive day had just changed gears...
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We watched as the pursuit went on.
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I can only guess that an unwelcome bachelor hawk had his eye on a pretty lady, and her mate was going to battle for her love.
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Then when everything settles down with the 3 hawks, along comes Mr. Eagle, minding his own business...
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A hawk decided that Mr. Eagle couldn't soar in his territory, so he was going to go head to head with him.
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The hawk might have been the underdog in this fight...
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...but he had the will to prevail.
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The eagle left without much of a fight.
It was a very cool sight to see. You just never know when things might happen and change the course of the day.