hawks
Hawks attack man in Somerville
By adamg - 5/7/11 - 9:44 pmNeeds 15 stitches to close gash under eye, Channel 4 reports. Tippi Hedren was unavailable for comment.
Fat raccoon feasts on droppings of cheap, lazy South Enders; and is a hawk eyeing their pets for lunch?
By adamg - 2/9/11 - 7:52 amThe Globe reports the Rutland Square beast has become a 50-lb. behemoth feeding on the garbage it uses its razor-sharp claws to gouge out of the cheap plastic or paper bags many South Enders use instead of the required two-ply bags.
The South End News reports residents have been asked to delay putting their trash out until the morning of pickup to help send the raccoon on its way - and that a neighborhood association has also warned residents with small cats and yap dogs to keep an eagle eye on their pets outside because a hawk has taken up residence in the square.
Watching the food chain in action
By adamg - 1/27/11 - 10:37 amJohn Halamka reports all the extra bird food he's put out and the heated bird bath have attracted plenty of birds to his Wellesley backyard this winter - and not just of the birdseed-eating variety:
I looked up and saw a cardinal eating safflower. I looked up again and saw a Red-Shouldered hawk eating the cardinal.
There was really only one reporter for the job
By adamg - 12/11/10 - 9:41 amThe Globe's story today about the release of the Andrew hawk was written by L. Finch.
Banged-up T-station hawk to be released today
By adamg - 12/10/10 - 10:56 amThe hawk that spent a week trapped inside the Andrew stop on the Red Line is scheduled to be released into the wild today, the Wildlife Clinic at Tufts's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine reports.
A team of faculty, intern and staff veterinarians and fourth-year veterinary students examined the bird shortly after it was brought to Tufts Monday by the Animal Rescue League of Boston, and radiographs were taken on Tuesday. The bird suffered no broken bones and was treated for a minor abrasion on its wing.
"The Cooper's Hawk was brought to us in shock and dehydrated from living in the MBTA station, but was otherwise healthy," said Dr. Florina Tseng, DVM, director of the Tufts Wildlife Clinic. "So often we see birds of prey that are far worse off."
Subway hawk captured, is banged up, resting comfortably
By adamg - 12/6/10 - 4:53 pmAfter more than a week trapped inside the Andrew T stop, a red-tailed hawk was successfully captured with the help of a professional bird-catching company, according to the Animal Rescue League of Boston, which tweets:
The hawk from the MBTA station has some head & eye trauma, but is in relatively good condition. It is being kept comfortable. X-rays pending.
A hawk held hostage, day 7
By adamg - 12/5/10 - 6:01 pmChannel 5 reports the hawk trapped inside the Andrew station on the Red Line has been there for a week now. The Animal Rescue League tried again, for the second day, to free it, without success.
Watching Cambridge like a hawk
By adamg - 6/4/10 - 8:39 amThe Globe reports an environmental group says the Fresh Pond hawks are reason enough to block a planned apartment complex in the middle of Alewife Brook Reservation. Meanwhile, at the other end of town, Harvard's resident hawk couple have a new nest of hawklings.
One of the Fresh Pond hawklings took its first flight Monday
By adamg - 6/1/10 - 8:09 amChannel 4 reports.
