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...
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2013 at 1:31 PM

    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 ?

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2013 at 10:28 AM

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

    I-)

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  3. Roger_PawJanuary 11, 2013 at 1:28 PM

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

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