Red tail Details
Friends, this redtailed hawk is leaving with his new bracelet on his leg. Those talons are pretty fierce hunting weapons and the image below shows a closeup of these sharp tools that keep him supplied with food. You can see the dark patch on the wing rib and his dark belly band that mark him as a redtail hawk. til Tomorrow MJ
Posted on November 16, 2012, in Birds, Nature, photography and tagged birds, mjspringett, nature, photography, postaday, red tailed hawk. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
MJ Springett 
those talons are surely lethal weapons. He’s a beauty. wondering about that bracelet also.
Awesome angles! Do those bracelets ever get too tight for the bird as they grow? (I worry about everything!)
kate and vicki, these bracelets are fitted for each specie of bird and the first year birds are generally their adult size by the fall when they are banded, more about this process can be found at http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/homepage/btypes.cfm MJ
Fantastico!!