Corralitas Drive: Red Tailed Hawks Affecting Neighborhood Bird Behavior

Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 28, 2012.  I watched both Red Tails make failed gopher/rat/small mammal hunts from the Eucalyptus trees on the 2 Freeway, adjacent  to the Red Car Property.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) With 4 hungry babies to feed, the nesting pair of Red Tailed Hawks have been taking whatever prey they can get this year.  Last week, a neighbor and his family walking the Red