Date: 8/18/25 12:23 pm From: Linda Rowan <000001476b4df963-dmarc-request...> Subject: Close Encounter with a Red Tail Hawk Levittown Bucks County
This afternoon Mick said, "I just saw a Red Tail fly across our patio and out toward the woods".
I wanted to go out to see if the bird had gone up to the tower where the Red Tails nest. The juvenile has been back to the tower several times since it fledged this year.
About three steps onto the patio and I saw the Red Tail was about 5 feet to my right low over the patio. It looked like it had been coming in to land. But seeing me it changed direction and flew up to a tree just outside the yard.
It rested there a few minutes and then flew off to the woods.
As it was flying, I saw the tail and was sure it was a juvenile.
I had not seen any rabbits in the yard today. There were some House Finches around the feeder near the patio. I can't imagine it would have been going for them.
That is the closest I have ever been to a Red Tail in flight.
