hawks

A-Rod Jr. not first Fenway hawk victim

adamg — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:45:36 -0400

Joy of Sox relays an account from somebody who'd been leading a tour at Fenway Park two days ago:

... At first I wasn't sure what it was, but I looked and saw the hawk flying away. I put my hand up to the back of my head and when I pulled it away - a pool of blood in my hand. ...

Earlier:
Hawk returns to Fenway, attacks girl.

A Fenway hawk

adamg — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:55:08 -0400

Who knows? Maybe even the one that attacked A-Rod Jr. Dave Daniels has been photographing the bird hanging out on his fire escape in the Fenway.

Hawk returns to Fenway, attacks girl

adamg — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:05:35 -0400

Hawk nest removed from Fenway Park after school girl scratched on tour:

... The hawk had been perched on a railing and swooped at the girl with its talons extended. She was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. ...

Do hawks eat turkeys?

adamg — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:28:23 -0400

If so, there's at least one in Roxbury that would love Brookline:

... Over my head I note a commotion of frantic wings, then feel the unmistakable and powerful whoosh of a wingspan on my left cheek.

I look up to see tufts of white feathers raining down on me and the hawk, pigeon still writhing in its grasp. ...

Fast food on Causeway Street

adamg — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:41:53 -0500

Jesse Haley takes photos of a hawk making quick work of a pigeon:

Walked by the Burger King across the street from the Boston Garden and a flurry of pigeon feathers fell from above. I looked up and this hawk was devouring a very unfortunate pigeon.

Grisly - but that's life, right?

Fresh meat at the Arboretum

adamg — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:29:42 -0500

Hawk about to dine on a squirrel at the Arboretum.

Fine dining in Kendall Square

adamg — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:21:35 -0500

Squab to go:

... [Reed Sturtevant] was walking to lunch in the square yesterday with another former Lotus legend, Bob Frankston, when an unusual sight stopped them in their tracks. As Sturtevant described it: "a hawk eating a pigeon in the middle of the sidewalk while about a dozen people stood around and watched. Bob had his camera and took this pic."

Squab on the menu in Porter Square today

adamg — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:23:52 -0500

Ana went out to run some errands today and came back with some video of a hawk eating a pigeon atop a transformer on a Porter Square utility pole. Yum.

Ed. pigeon note: I ate pigeon once, in a Catalan restaurant in Washington, Yep, the menu said "pigeon" rather than "squab." It tasted like chicken (hah), only a lot greasier and tinier.

A hawkish view of the Common

adamg — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:50:38 -0400

Hawk on a Common bench.

Watching Boston like a hawk

adamg — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:15:13 -0400

But not with an eagle eye.