Amy Weingarten Salvucci was a bit startled when she looked out her window on Washington Street near Peters Park in the South End this morning to see a hawk eyeing her right back.
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"Howdy! Got any rats or
By xyz
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 9:44am
"Howdy! Got any rats or pigeons you could spare?"
Let’s hope this beauty doesn’t catch …
By Lee
Fri, 01/12/2024 - 7:43pm
… or scavenge any poisoned rats from the many rat poison boxes in the neighborhood.
Beautiful!
By AdamB
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 9:57am
I think it's an immature Red-tailed Hawk. Note the belly band :)
Hello?!!
By Katey
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 10:43am
Gorgeous, thanks for sharing.
It does indeed look like a Red-tailed Hawk
By The Frying Pan ...
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 2:07pm
Not only the belly band but the build. Red-tailed Hawks are large and stocky buteo hawks, whereas Cooper’s Hawks are accipiters. Accipiters look somewhat like falcons.
Edit: Here’s a description of a Cooper’s Hawk from Cornell Birds: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/id
Great picture!
This is a red tailed hawk!
By Bird nerd
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 10:05am
This is a red tailed hawk! The belly band (brown stripe) is diagnostic when the hawk is perched like this. Cooper's hawks have an orangey belly (adult) or even brown streaking all over the chest/belly (juv) and generally have a black capped look :)
Thanks
By adamg
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 3:02pm
I've removed the Cooper's reference ...
My Boy
By johnmcboston
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 12:14pm
Glad to see him still around - he's been scavenging in the Peters park/Berkeley Garden area since Fall.
He won’t be around much longer…
By Lee
Sun, 01/14/2024 - 12:27pm
… if he scavenges a rat that has been poisoned by the rat poison boxes in the Berkeley Community Garden!
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