Redwing riding the Redtail Express

Managed to capture this while shooting birds at my feeder. Not Photoshopped. Not a very good image, they were way up there. Image is heavily cropped.

They'll harass those Buteos like that all day long. Really funny, but I have seen this end badly a few times.

Beekeeper wrote in post #18363900
They'll harass those Buteos like that all day long. Really funny, but I have seen this end badly a few times.

I know what you mean. I was kinda surprised it was a Redwing Blackbird. Most of the time the crows are harassing, and I use the crows scolding to tell me there's a Redtail in the area. I didn't know the Redwing actually was on the hawk's back until I downloaded the photos. I was surprised watching it harass it, the hawk didn't get a hold of him.

I've seen Red-wings, and grackles do it here, and end up getting grabbed by a soaring or gliding Red-tailed hawk. The Red-tails often ignore the bird, but I've seen them do a quick roll over and grab the other bird.

That would be interesting, and great to capture.

Now that is a really neat photo.

dm1215al wrote in post #18364039
Now that is a really neat photo.

Yes it is thank you.

Very neat indeed.

That's cool

greyswan wrote in post #18364144
Very neat indeed.

Crimzon wrote in post #18364463
That's cool

Thank you.

I want to thank everyone for the likes. Here's a shot of when the Redwing decided to break away from the hawk.