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The squirrels of Beacon Hill have reason to be skittish

Falcon on Beacon Hill light fixture

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

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

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I just hope none of the rats are poisoned.

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

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

Why do crowshate hawks?

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

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To eat crow...

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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.

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