Several years ago I witnessed a similar scene between two red-tails adjacent to the I-225 off ramp at DTC Boulevard. They stayed locked probably for 10 minutes or so.
Bill Killam On Friday, April 1, 2022 at 9:00:31 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > Yesterday afternoon I was proceeding west on Mineral Blvd approaching > Santa Fe Blvd. As I passed under the railroad overpass there I noticed > something float-falling down onto the cement embankment along Mineral below > the railroad. Whatever it was I couldn’t be sure right off, but “It” had > wings - several of them - and it landed just 5 feet away from the right > hand lane of turning cars. And the traffic was dense, so other cars soon > blocked my view of the scene. > > I remained stopped at the signal there through two light cycles, taking a > few minutes, and I was able to finally see what was what. The thing that > had fallen from the sky to the cement below was two Cooper’s Hawks, males I > think, with locked talons. They remained engaged for minutes while on the > cement, wings outspread, making high pitched pissed off chirps at each > other, bills open, neither giving in. The cars rolled slowly by to turn > right, and I imagine most drivers did not even notice the talon-locked > hawks right beside the busy road. As I had passed they finally broke it up > and took off. > > Here are a couple poor drive-by phone pics to show the scene. > > David Suddjian > KennCaryl Valley > Littleton, CO > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/843c5687-04a8-4a7b-bf3f-6951c5626c40n%40googlegroups.com.
