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Red tailed hawk lands 10' from my neighbor's toddlers
My yard | 7/30/18 | Me, Myself, & I

Posted on 07/29/2018 9:18:49 PM PDT by EinNYC

This is NYC, not rural NJ. This is what makes this so weird. While my neighbor's 18 month old and 3 year old daughters were happily splashing around in a little pool in the yard, a red tailed hawk landed on the porch railing not 10' from the little girls. My neighbor shot several pics with her cell phone. She would have called me over, knowing I'm an avid birder, but I had just left in my car on an errand. Scared that the raptor might hurt her kids, she grabbed them and took them inside. I guess Mr. Hawk was interested in the flock of sparrows always hanging around or maybe one of the pesky squirrels who like to dig up my garden plants. Or maybe it was interested in the water in the pool. Who knows?



TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: birdofprey; hawk; nyc; raptor; redtailedhawk
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1 posted on 07/29/2018 9:18:49 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

Good that she took the kids inside, you never know what can happen.


2 posted on 07/29/2018 9:21:34 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: EinNYC

That’s a beauty. How big is he?


3 posted on 07/29/2018 9:22:36 PM PDT by donna (Arizona senate: Kelli Ward supports President Trump. McSally is a RINO.)
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To: EinNYC
A red-tailed hawk? Sounds like Russian collusion to me!
4 posted on 07/29/2018 9:23:10 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: EinNYC
LOL, well...Red Tails ARE known to hunt a variety of prey!

I saw this one on the side of the road a couple of years back, and almost hit it as I came around a corner...so I stopped and tried to get it out of the road, and it wasn't prepared to leave its kill...

I drove my car super slowly right up until it disappeared under my bumper, but eventually picked up its kill and flew off!

5 posted on 07/29/2018 9:25:37 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: EinNYC

The squeals of playing toddlers attracts predators of all kinds. I have noticed this before when my own children were that age and their squeals would turn the normally nice dog neighboring dogs into Cujo.


6 posted on 07/29/2018 9:26:19 PM PDT by Valpal1
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To: EinNYC

We had one set up shop on top of our A/C unit here in western Ohio. It was watching for chipmunks.


7 posted on 07/29/2018 9:27:29 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: rlmorel

That's one way to keep the squirrels off the bird feeder!       :-)

8 posted on 07/29/2018 9:29:51 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: EinNYC

that is an auspicious omen. I always feel lucky when I see a bird of prey (on Kitsap its the bald eagle).


9 posted on 07/29/2018 9:31:50 PM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: EinNYC
It's a chicken hawk!


10 posted on 07/29/2018 9:32:25 PM PDT by BBell (Mein Krokodil spazieren gehen)
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To: EinNYC

They will not hurt the kids, had them on my property years ago as well as kestrels, they are after birds, rodents etc. Could be hungry or thirsty, from a spiritual point of view I call it good energy


11 posted on 07/29/2018 9:33:02 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Songcraft
This way has less gore and is more entertaining...(A "special" bird feeder I put outside my office! I finally caught it working and recorded quickly in super slow mo!)


12 posted on 07/29/2018 9:33:33 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: EinNYC

a large hawk landed on a street sign a few feet from me a while back; I considered it a sign of good luck.

OTOH, giant owls watching me take walks at night make me a little nervous.


13 posted on 07/29/2018 9:35:18 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: donna
That’s a beauty. How big is he?

The hawk landed on the porch about a minute after I left for an errand, so I didn't see it personally. I have to depend on my neighbor's pictures. Red tailed hawks can run 17-22 inches in length and have a wingspan of 43-56 inches. This bird on our neighbor's porch is a juvenile, as it has yellow eyes. Adults have dark brown eyes. I have seen pairs of red tails on the campus of the nearby college, once with half a pigeon in its talons. I am wondering if this juvie is the offspring of one of those adults.

14 posted on 07/29/2018 9:37:54 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

Working in my yard one afternoon when a hawk flew past me and grabbed a robin right out of the air not more than 10 feet away. Three little boys playing in the yard across the street saw it; in chorus they all said “Cool!”


15 posted on 07/29/2018 9:37:56 PM PDT by henkster (Monsters from the Id.)
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To: rlmorel

I'm not seeing that special bird feeder picture you posted. Do you have another link for it?

(I'm seriously interested, and have been watching numerous youtube videos the last couple days showing various "foolproof" squirrel-deterring bird feeders. Thanks!)

16 posted on 07/29/2018 9:39:20 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: rlmorel

Meanwhile, the squirrel is scattering seed all over the ground, so it could benefit later, as well as its friend squirrels.


17 posted on 07/29/2018 9:41:28 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

18 posted on 07/29/2018 9:42:28 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: \/\/ayne

Run Bandit!!


19 posted on 07/29/2018 9:46:38 PM PDT by corkoman
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To: rlmorel

Never mind - I looked at the FR page source and got your file name from there, and was able to use the link to watch the clip. He looked like a trapeze artist for a minute there!

(I don't know why the mp4 link doesn't show up on the FR page for me.)

20 posted on 07/29/2018 9:49:28 PM PDT by Songcraft
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