r/birdsofprey • u/No-Cockroach-1079 • 1d ago

Figuring out Hawk Behavior

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Our Ring camera caught this and nothing else. We went to check the area a minute later and the hawk was gone. We found a 4-5 inch hole in the general area of this bush. Can anyone weigh in on this behavior? Does it seem injured?

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u/TinyLongwing Falconer 1d ago edited 1d ago

This looks like the hawk tried to catch something in that bush but missed.

To add: I don't see any obvious sign of injury. This is a pretty common behavior in birds that dove in feet-first and missed, and are using their wings to either stabilize them or help right them as they fish around in the veg with their feet to see if they can make a last-minute grab.

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u/Foreign-Landscape-47 22h ago

Or it actually does have it but it’s not easy to extricate from the dense plants.