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Archive Home > 2001 > July > 05 > On the lookout for Birds of Prey

On the lookout for Birds of Prey

By Eric Martin / The Bulletin
July 5, 2001

A red-tailed hawk swoops from its perch atop a juniper scrag to pounce on a field mouse. The hawk's hooked

bill, adapted for ripping flesh, punctures the mouse as the bird's dark-brown wings fold into its body.

Only a 4-foot wingspan away, wide-eyed youngsters point and adults remark as the....

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