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Tiny bird's incredible piggyback ride on hawk

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Tiny bird's incredible piggyback ride on hawk - 09-29-2009, 01:24 PM


This is the moment a tiny but very angry kingbird hitched a piggyback ride on a red tail hawk.



Pat Gaines, 41, captured the moment at Bonny Lake park in Colorado.

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Ahh that makes me LoL!

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09-29-2009, 02:52 PM


Terrible cropped with fuzzy details, wonder how it made it to the press....

Here's a few Bald Eagle Hitchhikers i've seen best from pbase.

http://www.pbase.com/jekyll_and_hyde/image/99084599.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/jekyll_and_hyde/image/99085959.jpg
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09-29-2009, 03:12 PM


These situations are always funny when I see them LOL Thks for the post John.

PS: Incredible shots Daniel!

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