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Red-Tailed Hawk Is Winning White House Turf Battle
The New York Times ^
| 01 June 2015
| Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Posted on 06/02/2015 3:44:03 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: jmacusa; Theoria
I have a great deal of respect for these birds, and the bird itself didn't display any threatening behavior, but it had a mate in some nearby trees that was screaming incessantly, and I thought it would be best not to risk a close flyby...I was concerned I would end up like this guy:
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posted on
06/02/2015 4:16:29 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
To: rlmorel
That isn’t a red-Tail but it sure is of the raptor family. Say hello to T-Rex’s great, great, etc. grandkid!
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posted on
06/02/2015 4:26:56 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
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To: Veggie Todd
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posted on
06/02/2015 4:49:34 PM PDT
by
SgtBob
(Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
To: Theoria
They follow me around when I’m on the tractor mowing, catching rats or anything else I scare up.
Every now and then one will land on my brush guard and ride around with me until I scare something up for it to eat.
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posted on
06/02/2015 6:29:20 PM PDT
by
IMR 4350
To: jmacusa
I thought it was Perigrene falcon.
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posted on
06/02/2015 6:32:31 PM PDT
by
TalBlack
(Evil doesn't have a day job...)
To: IMR 4350
Heh..sounds like a good moocher....I've seen chickens do the same thing...well after I would clean out barns or move stuff and cut debris...chickens were the best mousers I've ever seen...little raptors..viscous.
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posted on
06/02/2015 6:42:43 PM PDT
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: jmacusa
True, that is a golden eagle, I believe, but the red-tail’s mate was getting pretty agitated, and I didn’t want to push my luck!
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posted on
06/02/2015 6:46:12 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
To: Theoria
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posted on
06/02/2015 6:47:06 PM PDT
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: Theoria
I live out in the country too.
About a month ago a momma red fox brought all her young’uns out of the den and were roaming around in my yard.
One of the young’uns had already learned to catch rats and had one almost as big as he was.
With all the rain here in Texas it’s rat city. They’re coming up out of the flooded areas and they’re everywhere.
Anything that catches rats is fine by me.
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posted on
06/02/2015 7:08:06 PM PDT
by
IMR 4350
To: Theoria
For a few years I had an office in a historic converted wood frame house on the edge of downtown Tallahassee. My desk was next to a window that had a view of a tree branch a few feet away that was used by a hawk to eat its meals, mostly pigeons, squirrels, and rats. The hawk was such a successful hunter that it never seemed to go hungry.
To: fhayek
Could be a woods hawk. They are death on squirrels and birds.
To: TalBlack
Nah, they’re little things. But fast as lightning!
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06/03/2015 4:04:34 AM PDT
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jmacusa
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