Sidewalk Bird Carcasses and Winter Hawks
Surprised when pigeon parts appear on the sidewalk? You shouldn't be.
The city is awash in raptors this winter. On a gusty Saturday morning at the Lea School playground a Cooper’s hawk played the wind, gliding in from Locust Street with its long tail held straight back, flapping a couple times to gain some height, and then sliding up, down, and sideways. We watched below from the basketball court. I took a moment from our…
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