Redtail In The ATL

Pangloss62 · 11-21-2006, 06:19 PM

I saw the hawk swoop down and nail the pigeon, and then start feasting on it atop the trainsit station; oblivious to the people milling about. Feathers started floating down is a sort of gruesome snowflurry.

He was eatin away and just when I got up to my office window, he took off.

This pic does no justice to the hawks size; it was pretty big, But the good news is he took off and landed on another window ledge where a coworker took up-close pics of the Redtail really chowing down. I'll post a good one tomorrow.

CaliforniaMama · 11-21-2006, 07:57 PM

Maybe I should post a picture of the half-eaten rat the boys found in the yard. We can start a gruesome acts of nature thread.

SteveDallas · 11-21-2006, 08:17 PM

Well I guess this would be my somewhat gruesome entry.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-21-2006, 08:43 PM

The populations are increasing in most of our big east coast cities. Lots of food and nesting sites.

Pangloss62 · 11-21-2006, 09:26 PM

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The populations are increasing in most of our big east coast cities. Lots of food and nesting sites.

Exactly. Nature is nature. Buildings are cliffs and pigeons are food. It's damn great. The best thing about this particular Redtail was his leggings; fluffy and white, really cool. Even better than the fly girls that walk around the MARTA station (though they are a close second).

SteveDallas · 11-21-2006, 09:40 PM

A different kind of tail, no doubt.

barefoot serpent · 11-22-2006, 11:35 AM

You can check out Pale Males site == Manhattans resident raptor.

wolf · 11-22-2006, 12:52 PM

Is ATL one of the airports that had a bunch of rehabbed raptors relocated to the runways to keep down the population of small birds to keep them from getting sucked into jet engines and turned into bird puree? Although I don't think redtails will take birds, just ground animals.

Shawnee123 · 11-22-2006, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

rehabbed raptors relocated to the runways

I don't know but that is some great alliteration!

wolf · 11-22-2006, 01:03 PM

Once I started I couldn't stop. I actually regretted that "to the" that had to be inserted for the sentence structure, although I guess "runway relocated rehabbed raptor" would work ...

barefoot serpent · 11-22-2006, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Although I don't think redtails will take birds, just ground animals.

they're very good at bird kills -- in mid-flight.

pic of Pale Male with pigeon kill

click on pic with Pale Male returning with dinner for Lola

Griff · 11-22-2006, 01:30 PM

We have a lot of redtails hereabouts. Every now and then we find a big pile of feathers that used to be a hen.

skysidhe · 11-27-2006, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

I'll post a good one tomorrow.

Promises promises..

We have a huge hawk here and a water crane. ( water crane? )

We have a wildlife refuge for birds but I have been seeing the hawks and the cranes long time before the refuge was even named.

11-21-2006, 06:19 PM	#1
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Redtail In The ATL I saw the hawk swoop down and nail the pigeon, and then start feasting on it atop the trainsit station; oblivious to the people milling about. Feathers started floating down is a sort of gruesome snowflurry. He was eatin away and just when I got up to my office window, he took off. This pic does no justice to the hawks size; it was pretty big, But the good news is he took off and landed on another window ledge where a coworker took up-close pics of the Redtail really chowing down. I'll post a good one tomorrow. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

11-21-2006, 07:57 PM	#2
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	Maybe I should post a picture of the half-eaten rat the boys found in the yard. We can start a gruesome acts of nature thread. __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

11-21-2006, 08:43 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The populations are increasing in most of our big east coast cities. Lots of food and nesting sites. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-22-2006, 11:35 AM	#7
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	You can check out Pale Males site == Manhattans resident raptor. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

11-22-2006, 12:52 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Is ATL one of the airports that had a bunch of rehabbed raptors relocated to the runways to keep down the population of small birds to keep them from getting sucked into jet engines and turned into bird puree? Although I don't think redtails will take birds, just ground animals. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-21-2006, 08:17 PM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Well I guess this would be my somewhat gruesome entry.

11-21-2006, 09:40 PM	#6
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	A different kind of tail, no doubt.

11-22-2006, 01:03 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Once I started I couldn't stop. I actually regretted that "to the" that had to be inserted for the sentence structure, although I guess "runway relocated rehabbed raptor" would work ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-22-2006, 01:30 PM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	We have a lot of redtails hereabouts. Every now and then we find a big pile of feathers that used to be a hen. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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