Happy Friggin' Holidays

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shanewu — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:34:21 GMT

Hawks are so badass. You were lucky to see that and to snap it.

Big thanks for sharing. I'm an animal lover too, and I love to see the dramatic contrast from the cutest, cuddliest to the fiercest, sickest killers.

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Der Meister — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:24:36 GMT

Wow looks like he is having a good time

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bob_on_the_cob — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:16:48 GMT

Oh wow. Never had a chance did he. :p

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digitaldd — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:07:21 GMT

The rarity of a hawk is whats interesting, I would've expected an Owl of some sort. Owl's are very fierce with small prey like pigeons. Could've been o a worse massage like this Santa one in California:

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Marco C — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:44:15 GMT

We've been checking it out constantly--don't you worry about that!

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tanka12345 — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:31:20 GMT

Lol, you should check out the Holiday Sweepstakes thread, There's alot of new entries there (I'm doing my 5th one atm :) )

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Marco C — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:08:32 GMT

Naaa...I wasn't scared. I'd thow some Buffalo sauce and blue cheese on that thing and have him as an appetizer. :)

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tanka12345 — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:39:17 GMT

Whoah! Thats alot of feathers there. Marco, were you scared that the Hawk would attack you? (and your HotHardware :P) And great pic by the way. :)

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Dave_HH — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:06:01 GMT

Dayyummm!! Hawk 1 - Pigeon 0 - HAWK FTW!

That's not murder either. That's the law of the jungle going down is all. That Hawk has gotta eat and the rodents were probably scarce! There are two types of birds with a hungry Hawk around - the quick and the DEAD.

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Marco C — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:11:29 GMT

Hey Snowbunting, welcome to HH! Thanks for the correction. Looking at pictures of young Red-Tails, it's hard to tell the difference.

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snowbunting — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:43:52 GMT

Just a quick correction - the hawk is actually an adult Cooper's Hawk and not a Red-Tail Hawk :). Great shot either way!

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JeffB — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:18:16 GMT

Damn, good shot! We have the hawks here too and they typically tag something in the woods behind our house about once a month but I never see what it is, I just see him feeding.