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craftygirl
November 29th, 2007, 08:54 PM
I was walking around outside of Faneuil hall in Boston yesterday with my boyfriend when we noticed a small crowd that had gathered to observe a bird of prey. The bird had landed on an overhang with its freshly killed pigeon. I took a couple of pictures before it flew down the street and alighted in a tree, only to take off again and fly out of sight a moment later. I did a little browsing online to see if I could identify it, and I think it was a red tailed hawk, but I'm not positive. I'd appreciate it if someone could either confirm this or provide the bird's real identity, thank you.

RaptorBirder
November 29th, 2007, 09:44 PM
Hi CraftyGirl

This appears to be your first posting so welcome to Surfbirds Forums.

Well done for capturing the images and for your identification too.

I also believe it's a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk.

Keep shooting!

AndyB
November 30th, 2007, 07:15 AM
Hi craftygirl, thanks for posting your shots. I agree a handsome Red-tailed Hawk doing some pigeon control.