Can't a guy eat his lunch in peace around here?

By adamg on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 12:01am

Francisco Urena spotted an East Boston hawk enjoying a light repast this afternoon in Wood Island.

Earlier:
East Boston hawk makes an appearance.

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Comments

Not the same hawk

By anon on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 1:18am.

The earlier bird was a Red-tailed Hawk. This is an adult Cooper's Hawk. Note the relatively uniform reddish horizontal barring across its chest and belly, unlike the earlier hawk which had a dense brown band across the belly and a white chest. Cooper's Hawks mostly eat other birds; Red-tails mostly eat mammals.

Thanks

By adamg on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 9:07am.

I've changed "the East Boston hawk" to "an East Boston hawk."

Looks to me like a Sharp-Shinned Hawk

By Anon on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 9:15am.

Likely a female.

Too big I think

By anon on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 10:00am.

Sharp-shinned Hawks and Cooper's Hawks do look very similar and from that angle it's tough to see the traits that distinguish them. However, this bird is quite a bit larger than the pigeon it's eating. Even the largest Sharp-shinned is smaller than a pigeon and very unlikely to attack one.

In before Elmer's "Adorable!"

By gotdatwmd on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 9:26am.

In before Elmer's "Adorable!" comment on an animal picture post

Squab al fresco

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 11:18am.

The hawk has some refined dining sensibilities, informed by the local ethnic culinary history, no doubt.

Probably subscribes to the nose-to-tail (beak to tail) movement as well.

I'm glad that artisanal

By gotdatwmd on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 11:52am.

I'm glad that artisanal gastration is reaching the larger gentrispace