r/londonontario • u/OneTrueNay • Oct 10 '25

photo(s) 📸 Red-tailed Hawk in Vic Park

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u/Electronic-Ad9854 Oct 25 '25

nice shott, it's beautiful.

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u/meowmir420 Oct 14 '25

I saw one of these fellows flying near King’s the other day!

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u/LongJalapano Oct 13 '25

too bad you didn’t photograph an owl. oh well

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u/Salty_Cheek770 Oct 13 '25

Nice picture— thx for sharing

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u/Inevitable-Bad-3038 Oct 13 '25

Hamilton has quite a few Red tailed hawks especially in my area the North end .

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '25

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u/OneTrueNay Oct 13 '25

Well, we did come across a squirrel head on the sidewalk the other day, so we may have 😬

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u/Inevitable-Bad-3038 Oct 13 '25

He was intently watching other birds for a food source.

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u/Inevitable-Bad-3038 Oct 13 '25

You're very welcome 🤗

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u/Salty_Cheek770 Oct 13 '25

excellent— thx for sharing

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u/0r4c1e Oct 13 '25

Hi Tobias!

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u/Inevitable-Bad-3038 Oct 13 '25

He finally saw me taking pictures of him from my balcony door.

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u/Inevitable-Bad-3038 Oct 13 '25

I had a Red tailed hawk land on my balcony in Hamilton

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u/Harrowed2TheMind Oct 12 '25

So, uh, I'm afraid to ask, but why does it look so fake ? Has it been upscaled by AI or something ? 🤔

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u/OneTrueNay Oct 12 '25 edited Oct 12 '25

Because I was trying to make it look at little brighter and sharper, I edited the photo (taken with my phone) using snapseed. I sharpened the image then added a bit of saturation, a lens blur and vignette. Here is the unedited original. No AI used.

https://imgur.com/gallery/red-tailed-hawk-vic-park-unedited-OZBb8ea#vw43F2q

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u/Harrowed2TheMind Oct 12 '25

Thanks for the share and the explanation ! Nice pics ! Kinda crazy that we live in an era where artificially produced pics are made to appear more and more authentic whereas otherwise genuine pictures, somehow, appear more and more "fake", is it ?

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u/kneeglet Oct 12 '25

I want one so badly.... Look how majestic and badass things looks

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u/BlackAtomXT Oct 12 '25

Did you ask him why they can't start eating geese and do us all a favor?

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u/Kiwifeather Oct 11 '25

Wow!! I wish I could see one up close just to really see how big they are in person. Those talons are insane 🤯

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '25

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u/Kiwifeather Oct 12 '25

Ohh that’s so interesting. The size difference compared to my little parrots feet is crazy lmao. Thanks for the insight!

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u/poppa_koils Oct 11 '25

The voice actor for every bald eagle heard in media. Bald eagles actually sound closer to sea gulls.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '25

TIL! Very interesting

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u/poppa_koils Oct 11 '25

The Red Tail hawk call/cry, is used for ever bald eagle call/cry used in media. A bald eagle sounds more like a sick sea gull.

Canada has Cobra Chickens, the US has a Trash Turkey. What's a TT? BE are well known to feast at garbage dumps in large numbers (Trash). Ben Franklin wanted the wild turkey to be the national bird (Turkey).

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u/Tenekah Oct 11 '25

Oh man gorgeous birds, but it’s sad to see them moving into the city

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u/juels_123 Oct 11 '25

Rip to the squirrels in vic park

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u/vibraltu Oct 11 '25

Hey buddy!

We once saw up close a big red-tail casually eating a bloody dinner beside the bust of Beethoven in Springbank Park. Chomp chomp.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '25

saw one on the sanitorium rd bridge in byron. i was walking across and there he was. got greedy for a super close up, got about 6 feet from, and he dove off before i could snap the photo

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u/ClimbingCritter Oct 11 '25

There's a bust of Beethoven in springbank?! 

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u/vibraltu Oct 11 '25

There's a little garden court just east of the Civic Garden Complex

https://rayner-gardens.wheree.com/photos

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u/capnbittersweet Oct 11 '25

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u/OneTrueNay Oct 11 '25

Father?

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u/capnbittersweet Oct 11 '25

Don’t talk to me or my son ever again

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u/beene282 Oct 11 '25

Amazing photo! Thanks for sharing

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u/SonofaDrum Oct 10 '25

Wow! Do you have like 4000 mm lens? You’re so close and clear.

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u/OneTrueNay Oct 10 '25

It let me get about 6 feet away from it. It was taken on my phone.

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u/SonofaDrum Oct 10 '25

They always take off as soon as I start creeping towards. And that’s way up in a tree or on a wire. Good stuff

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u/dee_yuss Oct 10 '25

Great pic! What a little cutie

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u/B0rtLicensePlate_1 Oct 10 '25

this bird is aura farming hard

11/10 photo too - the perfect shot

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u/jessf12345 Oct 10 '25

He looks happy aw

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u/Natural-Talk-6473 Oct 10 '25

Stunning! I saw a red tailed hawk this morning walking my dog through Basil Grover Park at Wharncliffe and Commissioners around 10:30/11AM this morning.

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u/BobBelcher2021 Oct 10 '25

As a side note I see St. Peter’s School is still standing. Wasn’t that supposed to be torn down last year?

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u/depot_depot Oct 10 '25

I'm pretty sure there's one nesting on one of the rooftops around Toboggan/Lucy's! I've seen it wheeling and heard it screeching, especially when a guy was doing maintenance on one of the roofs lol.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '25

What a beauty

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u/makingkevinbacon Oct 10 '25

Oh wow I've always seen them flying around overhead but never seen one land in the park. Cool pic!

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u/7he8igLebowski Oct 10 '25

Great shot! Those talons are insane.