The Cellar - Sept 30, 2009: Hitchhawker

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Pie	09-29-2009 10:45 PM

Sept 30, 2009: Hitchhawker

Tiny bird's incredible piggyback ride on hawk

Look out, it's the hitchhawker!

http://cellar.org/2009/piggybackhawk_450x300.jpg

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This is the moment a tiny but very angry kingbird hitched a piggyback ride on a red tail hawk. The feisty little flyer began attacking the bird of prey after it ventured too near its nest.

Pat Gaines, 41, captured the moment at Bonny Lake park in Colorado.
'I've never seen a hawk harassed so much. The kingbird pecked at its head as the hawk flew away screaming,' she said.

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xoxoxoBruce

09-29-2009 11:20 PM

Naw, times are tough, so that hawk is just making a few bucks moonlighting as a taxi. :haha:

jinx	09-29-2009 11:26 PM

An excellent start to a Turducken type dish...

birdclaw

09-30-2009 08:59 AM

I had no idea hawks were such sissies.

Shawnee123

09-30-2009 09:06 AM

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Most aren't.

birdclaw

09-30-2009 09:18 AM

Well I guess that could be one fearless little kingbird. I mean how does one get to be king if they aren't a little bit bad ass?:king:

Shawnee123

09-30-2009 09:21 AM

It's good to be the king(bird)

newtimer

09-30-2009 10:34 AM

I've often seen little birds flying chasing away crows and hawks that are much bigger than they are. I assumed the bigger birds got into the little birds' territories. Good photo.

Gravdigr

09-30-2009 04:14 PM

Fry 'em up & eat 'em up, mm mm good!:yum:

SPUCK

10-01-2009 03:56 AM

Bird Rodeo.

TheMercenary

10-03-2009 09:10 AM

Quite the pic.

ZenGum

10-10-2009 06:01 PM

Manouverability trumps size in air combat.

Dagney

10-10-2009 09:21 PM

"I'm the king of the birrrrrrrd"

xoxoxoBruce

10-31-2009 10:44 PM

Another one.

http://cellar.org/2009/piggyback.jpg

SPUCK

11-01-2009 04:43 AM

Great.. It 's a peckdemic.

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