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Teen finds fowl territory at Fenway
The Boston Globe ^ | 04/04/08 | Andrew Ryan

Posted on 04/04/2008 5:09:15 AM PDT by #1CTYankee

A certain New York Yankee slugger should beware: A 13-year-old taking a tour of Fenway Park yesterday was attacked by a red-tailed hawk that swooped down from its nest, drawing blood from the girl's scalp.

Her name: Alexa Rodriguez.

"She's fine, a little shaken but OK," said Vince Jennetta, a teacher who chaperoned Rodriguez's trip from Memorial Boulevard Middle School in Bristol, Conn.

The eighth-grader was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and was treated for the small scratch on her scalp.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
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Her friends call her A-Rod.

You can't make this stuff up.

1 posted on 04/04/2008 5:09:15 AM PDT by #1CTYankee
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To: #1CTYankee

Nature hates the Yankees too!


2 posted on 04/04/2008 5:10:52 AM PDT by Hoodlum91 (I support global warming.)
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To: #1CTYankee
Her friends call her A-Rod.

The hawk is called Jose. ;O)
3 posted on 04/04/2008 5:11:33 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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"The hawk is called Jose. ;O)"

Are you saying it's on steroids? ;-D

4 posted on 04/04/2008 5:13:45 AM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: #1CTYankee
Are you saying it's on steroids? ;-D

That wasn't an egg in the nest! ;O)
5 posted on 04/04/2008 5:17:44 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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...taken by ambulance to a local hospital and was treated for the small scratch on her scalp.

WHy does a "small scratch" require an ambulance, and a hospital? Couldn't someone have just put some alcohol and a bandiad on it?

6 posted on 04/04/2008 5:18:15 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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"WHy does a "small scratch" require an ambulance, and a hospital? "

I bet John Edwards knows why.

7 posted on 04/04/2008 5:20:00 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: #1CTYankee; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; Gamecock

Sounds like a terrorist plot. George Steinbrenner is running around Yankee Stadium closing the windows and installing lucite desks.


8 posted on 04/04/2008 5:23:50 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

“COSTANZA’S IN THE BUILDING!!!!”


9 posted on 04/04/2008 5:27:00 AM PDT by Disturbin (Liberals: buying votes with your tax dollars)
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To: theDentist
"Couldn't someone have just put some alcohol and a bandiad on it?"

Probably just a precaution, you never know how a lawsuit will pop up.

10 posted on 04/04/2008 5:27:13 AM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: #1CTYankee; Hatteras

Yeah, you’re right. It’s really a waste of resources though.


11 posted on 04/04/2008 5:29:43 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Disturbin

That calzone man is still mad about George stealing his tip money.


12 posted on 04/04/2008 5:30:13 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

True. What does he know about cooking a shirt?


13 posted on 04/04/2008 5:31:26 AM PDT by Disturbin (Liberals: buying votes with your tax dollars)
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To: #1CTYankee

Strangely believe it, my wife was the object of a similar incident. We were at a Florida campground and sitting at the picnic table. A red shouldered hawk was flitting around the live oaks above us for a long time.

It suddenly swoooped down and headed directly for my wife’s head and when perhaps five feet away flared, put on brakes and zoomed overhead. It was coming right at us at eye level, I could see it in extreme detail.


14 posted on 04/04/2008 5:32:45 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Never say never (there'll be a VP you'll like))
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Couldn't someone have just put some alcohol and a bandiad on it?

I was at a Tiger game years ago and saw a little girl directly behind the plate holding on to the protective netting with both hands and her face against the net catch a foul-tip right in the nose........that definitely left a mark.

15 posted on 04/04/2008 5:43:01 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (According to Algorp, if I don't believe his lies then I believe the world is flat.)
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Teen finds fowl territory at Fenway

Am I the only one who noticed this? Fowl are birds for eating. Hawks are birds of prey, not so good for eating.

16 posted on 04/04/2008 6:22:07 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Dixie Yooper

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mom_smackley/2079739294/


17 posted on 04/04/2008 6:48:14 AM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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