Leucistic Redtail!

[Ronald_55]

I have a red tail that hunts my backyard and treeline. I watched him corkscrew around a tree chasing a squirrel one day. Squirrel got away on the end..at least that day.

Saw a Hoot Owl too a while back, but glad he moved on. He kept waking up up at night. Lol

[peejman]

55 minutes ago, hipower said:

Another time, one of the Coopers chased a squirrel around and caught it, only to drop it. The squirrels really put up a fight. lol

If being killed and eaten was the alternative, I'd fight pretty hard too. 

The brown hawk could be it's mate. 

We have a resident Cooper's hawk the trolls our bird feeders occasionally. I've also seen it get a squirrel. There's a Great Horned owl that lives nearby, I hear it at night sometimes. 

My wife used to work with a local raptor rehabilitator. 

 

 

[Ronald_55]

@peejman if you guys are ever up to Kingsport you might like Bays Mountain Park. They have a raptor program that sounds similar to what she worked in. My wife used to volunteer there in the reptile building. We got to know every one. In fact her best friend's mom worked there for years in the admin office.

[peejman]

21 minutes ago, Ronald_55 said:

@peejman if you guys are ever up to Kingsport you might like Bays Mountain Park. They have a raptor program that sounds similar to what she worked in. My wife used to volunteer there in the reptile building. We got to know every one. In fact her best friend's mom worked there for years in the admin office.

She worked there in the gift shop and volunteered with the raptors and wolves when we lived in church hill, 10-15 years ago.  It's a great place. The most recent wolf that died was the last of the ones she helped raise.  This is from 2007... 

 

 

[Ronald_55]

16 minutes ago, peejman said:

She worked there in the gift shop and volunteered with the raptors and wolves when we lived in church hill, 10-15 years ago.  It's a great place. The most recent wolf that died was the last of the ones she helped raise.  This is from 2007... 

 

 

That is about when my wife volunteered. Ask if she knows Karen that worked in the gift shop. That is my wife's second "mom." I actually thought she looked familiar. My wife only stopped there because we were so busy with our little ones.