Hawk in the rain

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A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today

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Anastasiia Khvostyk

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May 3, 2026

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accipiter animal bird buzzard hawk accipitridae beak bird_of_prey vertebrate wing accipitriformes falcon twig

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$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$

$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$

$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$

$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$

$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$

$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$

$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$

$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$

$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$

$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$

$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$

$Hawk in the rain - A Red-tailed Hawk pauses in the rain, captured in the exact moment it shakes off water from its feathers. These rapid movements last only a fraction of a second, revealing a rarely seen side of raptor behavior. Photographed during a light rainfall today$