Lost in Yonkers
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- January
- 19
This photo could be a bit much for some, so be forewarned. But a red-tailed hawk has to eat. This one, a Yonkers resident, decided to dine on a squirrel. Americo Volpe, 75, who lives on Blair Street near Sarah Lawrence College spied the raptor having his meal. He was coming down the stairs inside his home and spotted the bird through his front door.
“I’m coming down and I see a very large bird,” said Volpe, a retired book-jacket designer. “I call my wife, Rosemary, and ask, ‘Isn’t this a hawk?’ She says go upstairs and get your camera.”By the time he got outside with his camera in tow, the hawk was still feasting on a squirrel it had caught, Volpe said. Despite the frigid temperatures, he stayed outside to photograph the bird of prey.
“You don’t see a hawk every day, so you don’t mind the cold,” Volpe said. “I never knew there were hawks around Yonkers.”
All of the above took place Friday afternoon. Thanks to my colleague Hoa Nguyen for passing this along.
Denizens of field and forest, red-tailed hawks aren’t strangers to more urban environments. Some can be found in Queens and you may remember the story of Pale Male, who lived near Central Park in Manhattan. Rats and pigeons tend to make up a city hawk’s diet.
Maybe I can get this hawk to come take care of my nemesis.
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Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
