Snake dinner
by David Lee Thompson
Title
Snake dinner
Artist
David Lee Thompson
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Description
Wildlife photography of a Red Tailed Hawk eating a freshly caught black snake. Image shows this beautiful raptor proudly holding on to his headless prize (First thing the hawk did when he took this snake was bite it's head off.
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July 2nd, 2011
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Randy Rosenberger
Thanks for sharing the action behind the photo, as sometimes it makes it more exciting, such as in this case. Great job, David! And, now you know the rest of the story!
David Lee Thompson
When this hawk took this snake I was hanging out under the oak tree you see in this image, all I saw was a swoop out of the corner of my eye. I didn't have my camera with me at that moment, I then made my way to my eguipment got my camera and then took this image. The snake never knew what hit him, the power of the srike was amazing and the hawk never even gave me a glance during the whole time I was shooting - he didn't see me as a threat. One for the books......
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