Swallow Tailed Hawk with Snake Vintage Audubon Paperweight

A swallow-tailed hawk with his prey, a snake. This beautiful bird of prey is sometimes mistaken for a bald eagle, but it's graceful tail feathers are an identifying trait. This bird of prey has a snake in its talons. A reproduction from John James Audubon's Birds of America, plate 72. A great gift for any bird lover who identifies with hawks, eagles, falcons and other raptors. I personally love the majestic symbolism of the noble bird triumphing over the snake. The long, deeply forked tail is the most distinctive feature of the swallow-tailed hawk making them very agile in flight. They can soar, glide, and hover, and they can make sharp turns and dives high in the sky or low over forests and fields.