Pic of the Day
Pic of the Day
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Gaines had focused his camera on one red-tailed hawk because the bird had been screaming. As he followed the hawk across the sky, a kingbird dive-bombed the hawk.
The hawk, which is not a predator of the kingbird, flew as fast as it could from the kingbird. For a moment it appeared the kingbird had stopped attacking. But then it began the pursuit again and — to Gaines amazement — landed on the hapless red-tail's back.
"He rode the hawk for 25 yards. The hawk was not trying to fight back — it was just trying to get out of there," said Gaines.
As the kingbird rode bareback on the hawk, it pecked away at the hawk's head.
- lesson learned: never stare a kingbird in the eyeBattleAxe
- kingbird sucks, hawk could have destroyed it if he'd really want to.benfal99
- hahahah I sense a WIn for the Kingbird********
- MON THEN!Frosty_spl
- out of focus. next!raf