red tailed hawk takes duckling, Arapahoe county

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    So, nothing about that should be a surprise but I was surprised nonetheless when I heard a ruckus from a mother mallard and looked to see a red tailed hawk with a duckling on the side of the pond at my house. I'm used to seeing the ducklings become hapless bait to herons but not red tailed hawks.

    Deb Carstensen, Littleton, CO