hawks

An office etiquette question

Michael Burstein wonders:

When is it appropriate to interrupt a meeting at work to alert your co-workers to the presence of a red-tailed hawk?

Burstein found what seemed like an appropriate moment and so everybody broke for a few minutes and he took some photos of the hawk perched on the ledge outside their conference room nine stories above Copley Square today.

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A-Rod Jr. not first Fenway hawk victim

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.

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A Fenway hawk

Fields Corner

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.

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Hawk returns to Fenway, attacks girl

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. ...

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Do hawks eat turkeys?

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. ...

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Fast food on Causeway Street

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?

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Fine dining in Kendall Square

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."

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Squab on the menu in Porter Square today

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.

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