The squirrels of Beacon Hill have reason to be skittish

By adamg on Sat, 08/08/2020 - 9:30am

Steven C. Schmitt reports this raptor was surveying the Beacon Hill scene yesterday from atop one of those street light/cell phone poles.

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By anon on Sat, 08/08/2020 - 11:57am.

Red-tailed Hawk. They nested this year on a Beacon Hill fire escape next to the state house.

By downtown-anon on Sat, 08/08/2020 - 12:40pm.

There are plenty, I hope he/she finds them tasty!

By anon on Sun, 08/09/2020 - 2:19am.

I just hope none of the rats are poisoned.

Rat poison is awful stuff. I hate that it's so widespread around here.

By adamg on Sat, 08/08/2020 - 2:09pm.

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By Don't Panic on Sun, 08/09/2020 - 12:08am.

I had a big hawk fly by my stoop followed by 3 cawing Crows.

Why do crowshate hawks?

By Tim Mc. on Sun, 08/09/2020 - 2:34pm.

(What they know is that hawks eat crows, including baby crows.)

By ScottB on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 11:10am.

To eat crow...

By Constance H. on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 8:46am.

There's an Old English term for that - 'mobbing'. And yeah, a mob of crows gets together and drives off a hawk that way.

But sometimes, crows do it just for the fun of it, and to remind hawks that's there's strength in numbers.