Monday, October 5, 2009

Doves vs. Hawks


Tiny kingbird riding bareback, chasing red tail hawk (Pat Gaines/Denver Post).


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(Denver Post) Pat Gaines felt sorry for the red-tailed hawks at Bonny Lake State Park. Despite their aggressive reputation, loud screams, and fierce looks, the red-tailed hawks at the park north of Burlington, west of the Colorado-Kansas border, were being bullied when Gaines saw them. "I've never seen red-tails harassed so much. They all seemed hoarse. I felt kind of sorry for them," said Gaines of the sight of dozens of little birds dive-bombing the hawks. The western kingbirds were upset. Highly territorial, they felt the hawks were intruding on their space, said Gaines. More>>