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Birder Captures Picture of Kingbird Attacking Hawk at Bonney Lake Park
Pat Gaines actually felt sorry for the red-tailed hawks at Bonny Lake State Park this summer.
Despite their aggressive reputation, loud screams and fierce, piercing looks, the hawks at the park, north of Burlington and just west of the Kansas border, were being bullied when Gaines saw them. "I've never seen red-tails harassed so much. They all seemed hoarse. I felt kind of sorry for them," Gaines said of the sight of dozens of little birds divebombing the hawks. The hawks were minding their own business, Gaines recalled. But the western kingbirds at the park were upset.
