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03-24-11, 04:21 PM
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Hawk!!
I got a call from a lady down my street saying there was something dead in her driveway. So I walked down to her house only to find a dead hawk!! I picked it up and brought it home to take some pictures. I looked all over the body and it didn't look or feel like there were any external injuries. So I have no idea how it died. Must of had a sickness or something. It's so cool to have been so close to a hawk. They really are so beautiful! It was also very sad. Well here are some of the pictures I took of the hawk. 
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03-24-11, 04:26 PM
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The Scorpion Whisperer
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Re: Hawk!!
You need to save the head to keep the skull! I did the same for a coyote and fox...it is just awesome. And if you can/do decide to keep it I can help you with the way I learned without much mess or fuss.
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03-24-11, 04:27 PM
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Re: Hawk!!
I was going to see if my old science teacher would want it. She is crazy about stuff like this. But if she doesn't want it I might want the head! lol
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03-24-11, 04:31 PM
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Re: Hawk!!
Glad to see you wore gloves when handling this dead majestic bird! Why did your neighbor call you, if I may ask??
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03-24-11, 04:32 PM
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The Scorpion Whisperer
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Re: Hawk!!
Just keep in contact Hills, predatory skulls are just awesome looking. HUGE eye sockets!
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03-24-11, 04:34 PM
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Re: Hawk!!
The reason my neighbor called me is because she knows I am into stuff like this. It was amazing!
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03-24-11, 05:09 PM
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Non Carborundum Illegitimi
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Re: Hawk!!
Beautiful creature, shame its life is gone. 
It is possible it flew into a) a power/utility overhead line or b) a window, we have seen a Peregrine hit a window and die through a snapped vertebrae and have no external visible injuries whatsoever. The shockwave just rattles through the spinal column and if there is a weakness it can snap it.
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03-24-11, 05:13 PM
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Re: Hawk!!
Rob, there are no less than three of those that can commonly be seen circling or perching looking out over my meadow.
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03-24-11, 05:39 PM
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Re: Hawk!!
I see at least three Hawks a week around here. Month ago i saw a Eagle flying around over my neighborhood. Which is strange, because you normally do see Eagles this far from a major water source. There are stripe mine lakes around my town. Just nothing real big like you normally find them around.
Cool picks Hillary.
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03-24-11, 05:49 PM
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You can call me JR
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Re: Hawk!!
i see bald eagles on occasion. ive seen one kill a duck from 5 feet away. it was amazing.
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03-24-11, 06:03 PM
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Captain America
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Re: Hawk!!
One of the coolest things i ever seen was when i was driving down a back road pass a lake and saw a Hawk swoop down a pick up a snake right out of the water. I felt bad for the snake, but that's part of the circle of life.
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03-24-11, 06:45 PM
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You can call me JR
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Re: Hawk!!
i used to watch a pair of red tail hawks (i think its what my dad called them and i was 8) pick snakes, rabbits, and any other field inhabitants all the time.
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon
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03-24-11, 06:49 PM
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Non Carborundum Illegitimi
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Re: Hawk!!
We are lucky where we live as we are in the border between the city and open countryside, loads of rabbits, mice and other small mammals around so we get Peregrines, Sparrow Hawks, Kites and all sorts of Owls around our skies regularly.
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May you have more good days than bad
You never know how strong you are - until being strong is your only choice
There are no dark clouds - just well hidden silver linings!!
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03-24-11, 09:16 PM
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Join Date: Jul-2010
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Re: Hawk!!
my guess is that it probably ate a mouse or rat that had eaten some poison
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03-24-11, 09:42 PM
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Re: Hawk!!
We have hawks, Eagles and Owls all over the city of Edmonton. In the 5 years I have lived here I have seen a bird of pray take prey half a dozen times or so. They prey mostly on prairie dogs and jack rabbits that are all over the city. I do feel sorry for the people who have mysteriously missing pets though.
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