Juvenile Red-tail Hawk

We have really been enjoying the evening antics of this hawk that has been hunting in our neighbors yard. There are a pair (likely siblings) that have been cruising the neighborhood this summer learning to hunt. It was been a real treat to get to watch them on a nightly basis.  

This one is on our neighbors fence 

and this one was flying toward Andrew's head. See story below.

The RT Hawk is wreaking havoc all about the neighborhood. Andrew and Nolan saved the baby cardinals this afternoon by arriving in the backyard just in time to see the RT Hawk fly into our lilac bush and pull the nest of babies, which just hatched today, down to the ground. Andrew took several photos of the melee, including one (albeit blurry) of the hawk making a hasty get away and flying straight for his head. Andrew put the babies and the nest back into the bush and everyone is fine this evening. The babies were later attacked again and did not survive. The parents left for regions unknown.