Hawk with hitchhiker

vaud

Last night walking along the Bow River, a hawk flew past with several red winged blackbirds chasing it. Got this shot. I never saw the small bird on its back until I loaded the pic on the computer.

At first i thought the small bird is a downey or hairy woodpecker but now I am not sure. Located in western Canada.

Snowgirl

Very cool shot!

rocky07

gr8 timing

vaud

Thanks Snowgirl and Rocky07... Calgary Stampede starts here on Friday. Birds must be getting into the spirit of the rodeo.

Harryb

Sensational capture Well exposed, sharp and something you don't see every day. One can't do much better.

Ric Grupe

Navigator!

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dlplumer

clap

vaud

Thanks for your comments Harry, Ric and Dan.

Netgarden

What a great surprise to find at home! Really nice work too.

vaud

Thanks Netgarden

The bird is an Eastern Kingbird. They have hidden red feathers on their heads. Never knew this and I have photographed many of them. I found, goggling, two other pics of a bird riding on the back of a hawk and in both cases the birds were Kingbirds

jwear

That is one H--- of a capture ,great job and
you nailed the exposure .I have them chasing but not one riding great job

DsrtVW

Let er Buck, yeeeee haaawww
Excellent

tshaddick

Very nice capture. I love when you discover surprises when you load the pictures onto the computer.

Snowgirl

Yehaw! Have fun at the Stampede! (former Calgarian here)

jbr13

WOw, That is amazing! Well captured!

ashrugged

You hit the lottery with that shot

vaud

Thanks everyone... I got lucky

Andy

jwear wrote: »

That is one H--- of a capture

You can say HELL on Dgrin

And,

gpa

Shot a a life time, you may be interested in this.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1224181/How-little-bird-David-defended-young-Goliath-red-tailed-hawk-mid-flight-peck-head.html

JimW396

AMAZING! Simply amazing. Great shot. That has to be one that you will talk about for many years to come. Thanks for sharing!