Young Red Tail Hawk crashed into our picture window!

[DeniseM]

My webcam caught this young Red Tailed Hawk just as it realized that my picture window was only *reflecting* the sky, but was actually a big window, & then it crashed into it. Yes, the hawk was fine, & yes, this window has decals on it to warn birds off, but this is a young hawk which may have never encountered a big window before.

 

[easyrider]

That's a pretty cool cam capture.

Bill

 

[beejaybee]

We don't have a cam but a redtail crashed into our window a few years ago. It fell onto our patio, seemed dazed and dying but was off into the skies a few hours later.

 

[Superchief]

Great pictures. A few years ago, a Cardinal crashed into our window, shortly followed by a redtail hawk. Unfortunately the Cardinal died, but the redtail flew away. We quit putting out bird feeders because they just provided 'bait' for the hawks in our area.