Tweets and Joseph,

My husband and I witnessed something similar to this "kingbird ride" in July when we were in NM coming back into Silver City from the Cherry Creek Campground. It was a Cassin's Kingbird, one of 2 that had taken out after a female Cooper's Hawk. The harassment was relentless, and one of the kingbirds rode that hawk, much to our amusement and surprise.

Penny Koyama, Bothell
plkoyama at verizon.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph V Higbee
To: Tweeters
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 8:47 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] article and amazing photo link


If anyone hasn't seen this yet, it is well worth the look. A kingbird riding piggyback on a red-tailed Hawk. I don't think it is photoshoped.

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13452818?source=most_emailed

Joseph Higbee
Spanaway, WA
Mailto: jvhigbee at hotmail.com


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