We hate to repeat ourselves at Toronto Wildlife and sure we've posted an image of a Red-tailed hawk before. But this is a different red-tailed hawk and it's a cool action shot so there.This hawk actually had a black squirrel and a grey squirrel trapped on two not-so-high trees just about four feet apart. Here he's just making his strike on the grey squirrel. Normally I don't love shots that have blurry wing motion but I think this works considering the context.
For the more timid and romantic among you...the squirrel survived. They both did. And after awhile the red-tail gave up and went to look for easier prey.
Taken at Colonel Sam Smith park in Etobicoke. Click to enlarge and get a better look at this picture.
