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"Awesome" photo a hit for Westminster birder

Pat Gaines actually felt sorry for the red-tailed hawks at Bonny Lake State Park this summer. Despite their aggressive reputation, loud screams and fierce, piercing looks, the red-tailed hawks at the park north of Burlington, just west of the Colorado-Kansas border, were being bullied when Gaines saw them. "I've never seen red-tails harassed so much. They all seemed hoarse. I felt kind of sorry for them," said Gaines of the sight of dozens of little birds dive-bombing the hawks. The hawks were minding their own business, Gaines recalled. But the western kingbirds at the park were upset.

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