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Joel McNeal | profile | all galleries >> Birds by Taxonomy >> Songbirds >> Gnatcatchers >> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher >> Gnatcatchers mobbing a Red-tailed Hawk tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Gnatcatchers mobbing a Red-tailed Hawk

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers relentlessly mobbing a Red-tailed Hawk at the GA State Botanical Garden. They were also joined at times by multiple Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
the initial divebomber
the initial divebomber
a 2nd Gnatcatcher joins the action
a 2nd Gnatcatcher joins the action
landing on the hawk's head
landing on the hawk's head
a direct hit
a direct hit
flying in from above and behind
flying in from above and behind
playing chicken
playing chicken
and then there were 3
and then there were 3
Gnatcatcher preparing its 'talons'
Gnatcatcher preparing its 'talons'
view from directly below the action
view from directly below the action