January 2, 2013 (Santee) – Laurie Baker sent in this photo of a Red Tail Hawk eating an American Coot, also known as a mud hen.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” Baker says of the raptor, photographed at Santee Lakes.
January 2, 2013 (Santee) – Laurie Baker sent in this photo of a Red Tail Hawk eating an American Coot, also known as a mud hen.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” Baker says of the raptor, photographed at Santee Lakes.
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