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[spatch]

Anybody know if there are local falcons nesting in Boston? I'm reasonably sure the birds what buzzed me last week out on the Fort Point Channel were of the falcony ilk, possibly Peregrines. Two of 'em there were, swooping out over the water. One swooped so close to me that I could hear the fwoosh as it went by. The serious detail I noticed was that it had bright yellow talons.

Then again, I've seen seagulls riding the thermals high up above the place, but that ding-dang swoopy birdo certainly warn't no seagull.

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[arielblue.livejournal.com]

There was a pair of red-tailed hawks that nested on the MIT campus, conveniently right in front of a window where they could stick a webcam on 'em. They had two babies, which have already fledged -- if you google MIT redtail hawk cam you'll probably find a bunch of stuff about them and maybe some archived footage. It was really cool to watch them grow up -- and there's something unnervingly satisfying about watching the adults rip up an entire skwerl within a few short minutes...