19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Rough-Legged Hawk
The evening we arrived home from vacation, I noticed something in the edge of the field that I thought was the neighbor's cat. I got the binoculars and realized that it was a hawk eating a rabbit that it had just killed! I normally scare hawks off as soon as I open the patio door, but this guy was hungry and determined not to leave his dinner! I took several pictures of him on the ground, but he finally flew up into a tree when I got too close.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 09.2021 |
Date Uploaded: | 09.2021 |
Photo Location: | Kempton, Indiana, United States of America |
Camera: | NIKON D3300 |
Copyright: | © Lynn Johnson |