Red-tailed Hawk

Yesterday morning about 8:20 am, a Red-tailed hawk was perched on the limb of a tree while black crows mobbed the large bird from above.  The hawk seemingly unaffected by the crows flying down on it, sat looking on its surroundings.

This is not the first sighting of a Red-tailed Hawk in the area, although probably the first we have captured by photograph.  For more information on Red-tails, check out The Breeding Atlas of Mass Audubon.  From observing the atlas, it seems a hawk of this kind in the area is undocumented.