(Original post from 2013, updated)
Some days, it seems I’m the only person who notices a hawk perched in plain sight…
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pedestrian.jpg)
Walking in Kennedy Plaza today, I spotted a red-tailed hawk in a tree above a bus stop…
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-busstop-800x533.jpg)
It was only 19 degrees out, so it had one foot tucked into its feathers for warmth…
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit8-800x533.jpg)
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-talons-800x533.jpg)
Nearby, people leave food for pigeons, unaware of the fact they are indirectly feeding a wild hawk. As the pigeons fight for breadcrumbs, they are oblivious to the hawk eyeing them…
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pigeons-800x533.jpg)
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit9-800x533.jpg)
Once it selects a target, the hawk dives at the flock…
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/RTH-attack-800x533.jpg)
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit3-800x533.jpg)
Pedestrians are unaware of the hawk flying amongst us…
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit4-800x533.jpg)
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit5-800x533.jpg)
Unsuccessful on this attempt, the hawk returned to the trees to hide and try again…
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit11-800x533.jpg)
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit7-800x533.jpg)
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit6-800x533.jpg)
Target selected…
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit1-800x533.jpg)
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit2-800x533.jpg)
…got it!
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit12-800x533.jpg)
After subduing its prey, the hawk carried the pigeon from the sidewalk to the snowy park to enjoy its lunch…
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/redtail221-800x533.jpg)
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-pursuit10-800x533.jpg)
…and posed for shocked spectators to gawk in amazement.
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawk-spectators1-800x533.jpg)
Hawks also help reduce the rat population
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/RTH2017-2.jpg)
![](https://providenceraptors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/RTH-hope-flag.jpg)
2 Comments
I love looking at your photographs. We’ve been watching the red-tails in North Burial Ground
and circling over the East Side for years, but rarely see them close-up. And not in motion.
Thanks Margaret, I appreciate it and I’m glad to hear you enjoy the East Side hawks :)