Yes, I see red tail hawks everywhere and bald eagles pretty much all summer as we have a nesting pair by our cabin on the susquahanna. As for the decreased numbers in pheasants and rabbits I wouldn't contribute the majority of decline to predators. Yes, when you stock pheasants alot will get taken by foxes and hawks. That's mostly due to the fact that they are too dumb to realize that they can't sit in the open in the middle of the day. My mother works for a large animal vet here in Paand had a biologist who was studying pheasants come into her office to ask a few questions.During the conversation he informed her that the real reason there is such a decline in pheasant numbers is that Farmers are getting better and better at utilizing there lands to raise crops. The fence rows are almostgone so the birds are forced to seek cover in the crop fields which are in turn harvested resulting in the death ofalot of birds and the destruction of nests.If you do this over an extended period of time the population will keep decreasing. As for the rabbits I'm not sure about that one. We never have a problem getting our limit so in my area I really don't see a decline. Heck the last time we went I had my limit within the first hour and the other three people I was with had theirs within the next two hours. I guess it all depends on the area you hunt.