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Posted by P-T-O on 03:41:35 02/04/07
In Reply to: brave red-shouldered hawk at ENP posted by Elsa
Habituated, not brave. After time the resident animal population can become habituated to human interaction and they carry on as if you aren't a concern. The elk at Mammoth in Yellowstone Park are that way as are the anhingas, cormorants, etc. at Anhinga Trail. There is a Great Blue Heron at Wakodahatchee with a nest at eye level about 25 feet from the boardwalk. The GB's have been nesting at Wako now for about 5-6 years and have grown very accustomed to people walking past them. After two-five generations of no one being hurt the birds become accustomed to people. Once I watched a red-shouldered hawk dine on a frog about 10 feet from me at the "old" Eco-pond overlook. The hawk was indifferent to me and intent on the food.
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