red-tail hawk

[GtoJon]

I put reflector tape on mine & have accented the vision cameras by painting front & rear covers bright orange. Makes it look like it's got big eyes The reflector tape I have punched out at 3/4". Have one on top & bottom. Also some strips on the back of the rear motors. Her name is Dart ... because she looks like a Poisonous Dart Frog

 

[snowghost]

You are correct.

Most hawks and especially Red Tailed Hawks are solitary until they are a mated pair. From that point they are paired for life but they don't hunt in pairs. When they have eggs they take turns hunting and nesting but they still don't hunt paired.

@BlairAir those look VERY much like Crows and crows do have a low raspy call and are VERY social and very VOCAL.

We have hawks that are in pairs. They fly together and perch together looking around. Any ideas what they are?

 

[MS Coast]

We have hawks that are in pairs. They fly together and perch together looking around. Any ideas what they are?

Red-tailed Hawk. They often hunt in pairs, sometimes with one bird flushing game for the other.

Red-tailed Hawk Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

This is probably the most common hawk in North America. If you’ve got sharp eyes you’ll see several individuals on almost any long car ride, anywhere. Red-tailed Hawks soar above open fields, slowly turning circles on their broad, rounded wings. Other times you’ll see them atop telephone poles...

www.allaboutbirds.org

 

[snowghost]

Thanks when they're flying around nearby, time to land. Beautiful birds of prey.

 

[Pero0]

Nice Attack or a close pass? Did he approach the drone more than once?

Where is this? U.S? Thanks for posting it.

It was an attack. It was eagle.
This is a vulture. He's not attacking, he is just curious.

 

[MS Coast]

It was an attack. It was eagle.
This is a vulture. He's not attacking, he is just curious.

It was an attack. It was eagle.
This is a vulture. He's not attacking, he is just curious.

Very nice. Looks like a young Turkey Vulture.

I'm curious about how that eagle behaved. I've seen as many as five in a morning at one place I fly, but haven't yet crossed paths with one when I had the drone up. Did the eagle make multiple passes at your drone? Extend his talons? Make contact?

 

[Pero0]