hawk and snake

[Stanley W. Oswald]

I found this red-tailed hawk chowing down on a garter snake this afternoon by the Fort Lyon Storage Canal northeast of Rocky Ford this afternoon.  It is the first snake I have seen in January in Colorado.  To provide some context, ten feet below the hawk in the bottom of the canal is an ice-covered pool of water.

Stan Oswald

Rocky Ford

[Natalie P.]

Great capture!

--Natalie