Red-tailed hawks hunt for brunch on the morning of July 4, 2009. I observe these hawks regularly at the Showa Boston campus. It's the second sunny day of July after a full month of rain, and these hawks are calling out and soaring in the fresh air and sun. With perches on trees and electricity poles, the hawks maintain their view of rabbits, grey squirrels, chipmunks, rats and mice. Scurry! Swoop! Thump. I heard one hawk pouncing on a rodent before seeing a mouse clenched in the hawk's yellow talons. The falcon devoured the rodent by tossing it in the air and stripping off the skin. Sometimes I find leftover animal hides around the grass.
