When hawks attack
By adamg - 2/23/09 - 11:29 pm
MetroWest runner out for a trot gets dive-bombed by a red-tailed hawk. Complete with photo of the gouges on the back of his head:
... You know, after it hit me I was too busy trying not to fall face first onto the ground to take a swipe at him but I did feel the whoosh of the wings etc as it took off with my hat in its talons, dropped it a few wing beats later. ...
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I want to know what kind of
I want to know what kind of hat he was wearing!
Obviously ...
A porkpie hat.
I was thinking coonskin!
I was thinking coonskin!
Ive seen allot of these
Ive seen allot of these hawks around, I wasnt aware they would dare attack a human (with our significant size advantage.)
Don't remember this?
Fenway Hawk attacks tour group. I was there on Opening Day and it was sorta sad watching the hawk circling the grandstand. I'm sure I was humanizing it a bit, but it looked forlorn and a little lost for having been thrown out of its winter home.
It's probably too early for
It's probably too early for breeding season, but my best guess would be that the hawk is protecting a nest somewhere. Either that or the guy's hat resembled a rodent. >.>
Whoosh
I too have felt the whoosh of the red tail wing span. Luckily it was after a pigeon just over my head.
http://bostonfaces.blogspot.com/2008/03/roxbury-hawksighting.html
Birds of pretty
Channel 7 did a story on the guy; the online version has this great line:
So turkey vultures aren't protected?