Tuesday, January 1, 2013

A red-tailed hawk's rat trap, of sorts


Robert K. Chin shares this photo and anecdote from earlier today with us... in Tompkins Square Park, a red-tailed hawk waited for a rat to show up to the trash pile. (Clever!) One rat did come by ... and the hawk chased it into a sewer drain. The hawk waited for it to emerge, but a dog got away from a woman nearby ... and the dog chased away the hawk...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

So there seems to be a balance of nature amongst the wildlife in TSP, has anyone figured out what will either eat or chase away the WOO's ?

Anonymous said...

is that a RTHawk? it looks like a youngster...

I-)

Roger_Paw said...

Anon 10:28, Yup, it's a Red-tail. A juvenile.