“All good things are wild and free.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

Drone photography certainly gives us insight to beautiful places, but the incessant machines are so annoying on many levels, especially to the wild ones.

I love the hawk’s reaction to the buzz of a drone in the video clip.

I felt the same way a few weeks ago. As I biked along one of my neighborhood streets, I heard this odd sound, so I ducked my head expecting a cluster of bees to zoom by. Looking up, I saw a drone hovering.

I shuddered, thinking that I should be able to enjoy my privacy of a leisurely evening bike ride.

The hawk had a similar feeling, and reacted in an awesome way!

Check out the hawk’s way of getting rid of a drone:

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Editor: Renée Picard

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