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Posted by Tom Friedel on 12:52:50 03/06/11
About two weeks ago I was riding my bike on A1A just before dark when I turned to corner at the Swimming Hall of Fame and almost ran over a hawk eating a dove. The hawk grabbed the dove and flew to the corner of the field there. I went to the other corner of the field to watch, when two pedestrians walked a few feet from the hawk. The hawk just continued to eat. And the pedestrians glanced and just walked on, like it was something they see everyday.
Today driving home I saw a hawk fly very low over A1A at the same location, so thought to post this.
No photos, but here is a link to a Cooper's Hawk (shot at 200mm by Illinois wildlife photographer Bryan Hix) chasing a rabbit and also apparently not bothered by humans.
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