Red Tail Hawk makes a meal of a California kingsnake

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by david fletcher on Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:43 am

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excellent capture. looks like a bad day for the kingsnake.

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by ricardo00 on Sun Feb 19, 2017 2:35 pm

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david fletcher wrote:excellent capture. looks like a bad day for the kingsnake.

Thanks Dave! (better than being road kill)
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by LynnS on Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:53 am

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Ricardo, what an interesting nature story and capture with the snake as prey, great job catching the drama.

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by ricardo00 on Mon Feb 20, 2017 5:11 pm

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LynnS wrote:Ricardo, what an interesting nature story and capture with the snake as prey, great job catching the drama.

Thanks Lynn! Yep in this case the hunter became the hunted. Unfortunately I missed whatever battle there was between these two.
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by Yves Guillot on Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:58 pm

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Very interesting nature story. Thanks for sharing.

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by ricardo00 on Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:21 pm

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Thanks Yves! It was not something I had seen before.

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by Des on Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:58 pm

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Nice one, Richard. Right place at the right time! Super.

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by ricardo00 on Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:26 am

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Des wrote:Nice one, Richard. Right place at the right time! Super.

Thanks Des! Yep very lucky to happen by at the right time.

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