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Don Nelsen | all galleries >> Galleries >> Red-Tailed Hawk Nest in Our Yard > Jay attack (Day 17)
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12-MAY-2010

Jay attack (Day 17)

The male hawk was directly over our driveway, watching over the nest containing the baby red tail. Two blue jays were harassing the red tail, diving at it and striking at its back or wings. The hawk would simply stand still. One of the jays hit the hawk's back at least a half dozen times in the period of a two minutes.

I took this picture from the driveway, about 40 feet directly below the action.

Canon EOS 50D
1/250s f/5.6 at 200.0mm iso320 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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