Local Wildlife

Tavery5 · 07-30-11, 07:32 PM

Just wanted to share a video that I was able to capture with my camera phone (sorry about the quality) of a large Red-tailed hawk eating a rabbit he caught.

I was at work when I seen this, I could not believe how close this bird let me get to it to take the video, this bird was amazing.

66KingFisher · 07-30-11, 07:42 PM

Large birds of prey are so neat to watch up close....A buddy of mine is a master falconer and one of the only people in Arkansas licensed to deal with bald eagles.....I love watching him mess with them.....Beautiful animals.

Marty · 07-30-11, 08:00 PM

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I could not believe how close this bird let me get to it to take the video,

Very nice. I've been an outdoors person for many years and am interested in all types of wildlife. My personal opinion, based on a modest sampling size, is that wildlife will permit a closer approach when they are engaged in something serious (to them). That same Red-tailed, sitting on a wire along a busy highway, may very well take off as soon as it sees a car slow down.

bamabassman · 07-30-11, 10:24 PM

amazing tavs.....simply amazing. there are some osprey's and eagles on guntersville lake. love to watch them dive down for fish.

keithdog · 07-31-11, 12:06 AM

Thats very cool. I've watched this play out in my back yard a couple times with a sharp shinner hawk. It's always amazing to watch mother nature in action.

BigBassin144 · 07-31-11, 10:20 AM

Very cool Tony! Really neat to watch them eat.

We get hawks around in the winter grabbing birds trying to stay warm on our porch, lol.

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carolina-rig-01 · 07-31-11, 01:13 PM

Cool video Tony. I can't believe that you were able to get that close to the dinner table.

Tavery5 · 07-31-11, 01:28 PM

You can't see it real clear in the video, but he was def. getting a little uncomfortable with me, he kept puttin the googly eye on me. I have to admit, that bird was big enough that he did put a little concern in me.

carolina-rig-01 · 07-31-11, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Tavery5

You can't see it real clear in the video, but he was def. getting a little uncomfortable with me, he kept puttin the googly eye on me. I have to admit, that bird was big enough that he did put a little concern in me.

So what your saying is a few more steps and this awesome video could have turned into an awesome funny video.

lilmule · 07-31-11, 11:20 PM

Birds of prey often let one within close range,I imagine he was hungry.
I carry a camera not a video rec but get pics all the time of osprey,and bald eagles.

While in the boat.They tend to fish better than me often.

07-30-11, 07:32 PM	#1
Tavery5 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,427	Local Wildlife Just wanted to share a video that I was able to capture with my camera phone (sorry about the quality) of a large Red-tailed hawk eating a rabbit he caught. I was at work when I seen this, I could not believe how close this bird let me get to it to take the video, this bird was amazing. __________________ They call me Ishmael

07-30-11, 07:42 PM	#2
66KingFisher BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Mena,Arkansas Posts: 1,327	Large birds of prey are so neat to watch up close....A buddy of mine is a master falconer and one of the only people in Arkansas licensed to deal with bald eagles.....I love watching him mess with them.....Beautiful animals. __________________ In memory of lost fishin buddy's, Ricky Shealy, Keith Hale, Zooker Dickerson.

07-30-11, 10:24 PM	#4
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	amazing tavs.....simply amazing. there are some osprey's and eagles on guntersville lake. love to watch them dive down for fish. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

07-31-11, 12:06 AM	#5
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Thats very cool. I've watched this play out in my back yard a couple times with a sharp shinner hawk. It's always amazing to watch mother nature in action. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

07-31-11, 10:20 AM	#6
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Very cool Tony! Really neat to watch them eat. We get hawks around in the winter grabbing birds trying to stay warm on our porch, lol. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

07-31-11, 01:13 PM	#7
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	Cool video Tony. I can't believe that you were able to get that close to the dinner table.

07-31-11, 01:28 PM	#8
Tavery5 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,427	You can't see it real clear in the video, but he was def. getting a little uncomfortable with me, he kept puttin the googly eye on me. I have to admit, that bird was big enough that he did put a little concern in me. __________________ They call me Ishmael

07-31-11, 11:20 PM	#10
lilmule BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Buchanan,Tn Posts: 2,685	Birds of prey often let one within close range,I imagine he was hungry. I carry a camera not a video rec but get pics all the time of osprey,and bald eagles. While in the boat.They tend to fish better than me often.

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