Thursday, February 24, 2011

Enjoying a late-afternoon snack in Tompkins Square Park

Hey, what's everyone looking at the hawk for....?


Oh! Uh, ack?



Yesterday afternoon... courtesy of EV Grieve contributor Bobby Williams.

Bob Arihood has another great shot of the hawk's feast here.
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14 comments:

  1. Marty WombacherFebruary 24, 2011 at 3:20 PM

    Is that an artisanal rat?

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  2. joeFebruary 24, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    PETA is going to be pissed. "Setting hawks upon rats is depraved, sadistic, and entirely illegal. It constitutes an explicit violation of New York’s anti-cruelty laws."

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  3. ScottFebruary 24, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    Hi, can I order 10 more of those hawks please?

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  4. RyanAvenueAFebruary 24, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    This is awesome. Dear Hawk, please fly about six blocks south. K thanks.

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  5. esquared™February 24, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    hmmmm... could this be the same hawk that ate the pigeon in harlem?
    http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/west-123rd-street-3-p-m/

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  6. MattFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    He or she was eating a squirrel last week. I'm sympathetic to the argument that squirrels are just rats with cute bushy tails, but really, this rat-eating is to be encouraged. Thanks to their patron The Pigeon Lady and their vast network of tunnels, the rats are winning the war in the northwest corner of the park.

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  7. T.E.V.B.February 24, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Another hipster locavore.

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  8. LisaFebruary 24, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    Nature, red in tooth and claw...and beak. (With apologies to Alfred Lord Tennyson.)

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2011 at 6:06 PM

    Yay for the hawk! Those rats were getting uppity when they were snowed under. Time for some payback!

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  10. C MerryFebruary 24, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    The LES Hawk, who is this EV one's baby i think, was hawkeying my balcony tree. I heard he/she moved to Sara D park thankfully. I am all for the life of all creatures and get the circle of life blah blah but I just don't want to see him/her outside my window doing this to a squirrel I "know". Oh yeah the Hawks are alll gorgeous until someone gets eaten.

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  11. Crazy EddieFebruary 24, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    We need a cool name for this hawk plus a DVD Documentary. EV/LES versus Fifth Ave? No contest.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Male

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2011 at 11:39 PM

    Dear Hawks ,
    Please attack the Sheepeople that roam around the Bowery...Billy

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  13. Bob ArihoodFebruary 25, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    Just wait till this hawk eats one of the little doggies at the dog run .

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  14. Laura Goggin PhotographyFebruary 25, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    Is this the same hawk who had the taste for Birdie's BBQ??

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