Back yard predator

[lungimsam]

We had a bird feeder. One day I saw a hawk perched on the deck railing just sitting and staring at the feeder...waiting...so I took down the feeder and we stopped the birdwatching.
I was walking the dog and saw an aerial attack right over our heads on a bird, lotsa squealing and feathers flying, then the hawk landed on the ground with the bird, stomped it, then picked it up and flew off. I guess the stomping was the impaling of it to kill it.

 

[Ross]

We see peregrines most days in the city. They don't migrate (plenty of pigeons around all year).
The fall migration of red-tails and turkey vultures is happening now. They move southwest along the north shore of Lake Ontario, then cross the Niagara River into the US (Monarch butterflies do the same)

 

[adorshki]

Met this guy when I was on Empire State Building after LMG2 in 2011:

Master of all s/he surveys.
My feet start to get twitchy just looking at that pic, y'know what I mean?

 

[jp]

We live across from a park with huge old growth trees, where raptors regularly take up residence. It's not uncommon to see an owl, osprey, or red-tailed hawk on the power lines between our houses looking for a furry treat. They go from yard to yard like a suburban buffet.

Out here, the bald eagle population has also been thriving lately, and we see them more often than in the past. Here are a pair we spotted at Neskowin Beach on the Oregon coast a month ago. My wife was able to zoom in and grab a shot. They were perched on a tree at the top of this island.