Ed Grzyb went out into his Roslindale backyard this evening to see this scene:
Apparently this hawk wanted to grill the rat he caught tonight.
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Apparently this hawk wanted to grill the rat he caught tonight.
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So...
By dpalomares
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 6:39pm
The Brookline Turkey, the Rozzie Rat and the SoBo Deer walk into a Bar...
And the bartender says:
By jmeltzer
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 8:54pm
"Does the Boston Yeti have to work tonight? "
and Keytar Bear is playing
By anon
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 9:01pm
and Keytar Bear is playing
Hawk closeup
By adamg
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 7:19pm
Grzyb zoomed in after he got the hawk to move to a nearby tree by spritzing it with some water from a hose.
Pretty vivid.
By anon
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 7:37pm
You can practically see the individual barbs of the feathers. Raptors are having a spectacular comeback.
There are a pair of nesting bald eagles in the crown of a white pine in Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham. That adjoining lake basin area made by the Moody Street dam is an attractive habitat. I imagine they'll be around for a while. It's on the edge of Brandeis.
Bon Appetit
By anon
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 7:24pm
Monsieur Hawk.
crikey
By Malcolm Tucker
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 8:03pm
Better fire up the grill. That hawk looks serious!
Not a poisoned rat I hope.
By Daan
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 8:34pm
A friend said that some hawks wind up dying because they eat critters, such as le rat, which had already ingested poison. Anyone know if that is true?
Is there a hawk messenger service? Hawks are welcome in my neighborhood. There is a brace of coneys that I would gladly point the hawks to.
Yeah, its true. Rodenticide
By brianjdamico
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 8:45pm
Yeah, its true. Rodenticide that the rats eat makes them an easy target for birds of prey, who then ingest the poison and can kill them, primarily through preventing blood clotting in the birds. I know the hospital at the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth has treated several red tailed hawks this year for this issue, most successfully.
Adorable!
By Elmer
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 8:41pm
Love hawks, but
By Whurlz
Mon, 07/06/2015 - 11:14am
Adora--ewwwwww!
Rat? Or Opossum?
By BB from Dot
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 8:42pm
Not that I want a zoomed in view, but that nose looks pretty pointy for a rat.
Definitely an opossum
By anon
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 9:40pm
The tail is also a bit large for a rat.
In Boston, an opossum is
By Dave
Sun, 07/05/2015 - 11:09pm
In Boston, an opossum is known as a "Rozzie Rat".
[sub](I just made that up)[/sub]
I take it
By Steeve
Mon, 07/06/2015 - 9:46am
I take it you've never seen a rat. That's a rat. Or a rigoddamndisculously huge hawk.
And that's not a pointy opossum face, it's a rat that's on its side so you're seeing the bottom part of its jaw/mouth.
It's a rat
By egrzyb
Mon, 07/06/2015 - 10:55am
My neighbor has issues with them (as have I in the past before I rat proofed my foundation). This one was definitely an adult rat. I have several other pictures of it which I'll spare you from as they are rather disgusting
The hawk looks like she's posing with her kill
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 07/06/2015 - 11:15am
If I had mad photoshop skills, I'd work a gun into that.
Her life with the Grill Kill Cult?
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