Friday, December 30, 2011

Hawk attacks Eagles

Last week I decided to go birding during the holidays and found these two Bald eagles perched over a warm canal.  They were probably waiting for a fish or duck to show up.


A Harlin's phase of a Red-tailed hawk decide it did not like them there and attack them.


The bald on the outside flew off with the hawk in chase.  It chased the eagle away from the canal.


The other eagle watched closely as the chase continued.


When the hawk started back to the canal, the second eagle also left.


It was a lot of fun to watch the battle of the preditors in the wilds of Idaho.

Happy New Year to all of you

12 comments:

Lois Evensen said...

Wonderful images and story to go with them! Fascinating.

Veronica Wald said...

Another fascinating post! Happy new year to you too!

Jo said...

Excellent captures of this interesting war between the raptors. I love your header too. Happy New Year to you, Bill. Greetings from Jo, Kenya

Jo said...

Excellent captures of this interesting war between the raptors. I love your header too. Happy New Year to you, Bill. Greetings from Jo, Kenya

Gaelyn said...

These are awesome captures. Those Eagles must have been hanging out over the wrong fishing hole. ;)

Hope to see you at the Cyber Masquerade Ball.

eileeninmd said...

Wow, what a surprise. I would have thought the eagles would chase the hawk. What are they a bunch of sissies. Great series, I enjoyed your photos. Happy New Year!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Fabulous series! Article in the Fort Myers paper a couple of days ago talked about ospreys chasing an eagle off its nest. Wish I'd been there. Who knew predators took sides against each other like that?

Happy New Year!

Bekkieann said...

What an interesting situation. I've never seen anything like it. Great photos!

Happy New Year, Bill!

Mary Howell Cromer said...

That must have been incredible, and so glad that you arrived in time to observe this behavior~
I think the Harlin phased Red-tail hawk is what I saw at Glacier...what gorgeous looking birds they are!
Happy New Year Blessings~

Monts said...

Hi Bill Great set of images, and very Happy New Year to you and your family, from Cornwall UK.

Janie said...

Wow, so interesting that a hawk can chase off eagles. Great photos of the action, Bill.

Anonymous said...

I'm not one to post anonymously on random sites but I ran to the computer after seeing the exact same thing happening. I live in the Kent valley in WA and am lucky enough to have a nesting pair within a mile of my house. The thing that's almost as striking as their beauty is just how timid they really are. Those two are constantly getting chased off by hawks (which I just witnessed myself) and crows. With the crows it seems like a fighter jet vs. a b1 bomber and the crows get the better of them every time.