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Kind of unusual to see them resting so low to the ground.
Ive seen them on fence posts a bunch of times.
Yeah, they'll sit on anything where they can get a good view of potential food.
Kind of unusual to see them resting so low to the ground.
I have them all over my property all the time and have seen one sitting on a post that tall that's in my field all the time. Same one also sits on a tree branch at the start of my driveway about 7 feet off the ground, they fly off when I go by. Guess they are strong fliers who don't need the height to make a kill in the field.
I read they like the higher vantage point to see more prey.
Around here they are usually high up. Especially at this park. There are a few radio towers and they like to perch on the cables.
I read they like the higher vantage point to see more prey.
Naturally they do and yet that doesn't mean they won't use a lower vantage point when it suits them. There are tall trees all over around here and often in the morning when I go out they scream about me from the tops of some tall ones where they also hang out.
I've saw one hanging around on the ground one time. I think usually they prefer it a little higher up but definitely not abnormal to be on a fence or something.
Nice perk of being an apex predator is you can go wherever you want. (Until a bunch of various small bird species decides to mob you like it's a BLM riot)
It's on a bird house. It's basically a food vending machine.
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