Red-tailed hawk photo captures power on the wing

WILDLIFE WATCHING — North America’s most common hawk — the red-tailed hawk — is a picture of fierce aerial heartburn if you’re a rodent, snake, bird, hare or other creature on its menu.

Outdoor photographer J. Foster Fanning of Curlew made this outstanding and powerful image of redtail landing in a ponderosa pine recently at Curlew Lake State Park.