I watched three beautiful adult Red-tailed Hawks sparring in flight over lower White Ranch OS in Jeffco late this morning. One was considerably smaller than the other two, so I assumed it was a male. The smaller one was locking talons with one of the females and freefalling before pulling up and separating. Then all three would fly at each other. Finally, the supposed male locked talons with one of the females and they fell out of sight below the crest of a hill in my line of vision. I watched the remaining RTHA circle and finally drift away. The other two never reappeared. I hope they managed to unlock those talons before hitting the ground.
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