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yourlibrarian ([personal profile] yourlibrarian) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2024-01-28 01:23 pm
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Low Flying Hawk



I was coming home a few months ago when I was startled not only to see a low flying hawk but it almost hit the car. The first photo is of it flying away and not great quality but I included it to demonstrate how low it was flying -- just a few feet above the road.

As it happens it landed at the entrance to our neighborhood, so I was able to stop the car and take some photos. It had caught a squirrel though I can't make it out in these pics.



Another two pictures of the hawk, as it was preparing to fly off. One could see its catch in the bottom picture.





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[personal profile] redbird 2024-01-28 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
A red-tailed hawk once decided that the fire escape outside my kitchen window was a good place to eat its dinner. That was a top-floor apartment, looking out on a parking lot. We watched quietly through the kitchen window, and it seemed unfazed by this.

Manhattan is a better place for bird-watching than a lot of people think.