This is a photo of a Red-tailed Hawk having its lunch on a downtown sidewalk in San Francisco, California. As you can see from this photo there are several people standing around looking on, not really knowing what to do or what to think about this event.

Back on October 15th this year I wrote a post titled “Why are birds of prey harassed or mobbed”. You can read it here: Birds of Prey Harassed. Well, I recently came upon a photo story of a Red-tailed Hawk being attacked by a crow and I wanted to share these great photos by Cleve Nash

One of the incredible birds I was able to see the last Sunday of the year was the beautiful Ferruginous Hawk. The Ferruginous Hawk is the largest hawk in North America with a 52 - 56 inch wingspan. They are 22 - 27 inches long and can weigh over 4 pounds! The sexes are alike and, as with most raptors, the female is larger than the male. There are two color forms (morphs) of this large hawk. Ferruginous hawks search for prey while flying over open country or from a perch. They often hover when hunting. They may also wait in ambush outside the prey’s burrow.