[CT Birds] Hawks and cars

[Greg Hanisek]

There are probably way too many of these stories. Here's mine:

A couple of years ago I was driving across the causeway at Stratford Great 
Meadows near Sikorsky Airport when a couple of large but still downy-black 
Clapper Rail chicks started to cross. I stopped the car, expecting others 
behind me to stop while the birds got across. But one car whipped around me 
a killed one of the chicks.

I was able to salvage it and get it to UConn for a study specimen

Greg Hanisek
Waterbury


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carrier Graphics" <carriergraphics at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 4:45 PM
Subject: [CT Birds] Hawks and cars


>
>
> Well Dave, I have another story to tell about a hawk and cars.
>
>    Last August, while driving down a very busy rd in Torrington and 
> getting stopped at a red light at this busy intersection, I spotted an Im 
> Sharp-shinned Hawk with a sparrow in it's tallons. It landed with the 
> sparrow right in the middle of the intersection, manteling it as they 
> always do after catching prey. I quickly saw the situation to come, 
> getting out of the car to try and save the hawk from danger when the light 
> would change. As I waved my hands while running towards the intersection 
> the light changed, and a shinny large SUV first in line just ran the hawk 
> over with no reguards for me or the life of this unfortinate bird.
>
> As the SUV passed me, I give the driver the  - - - - - -, as she passed 
> with a big unconcerning smile.  But the worst of it is...I bet more people 
> then not would have done the same thing, run the bird over - yes?
>
> Paul Carrier
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> Date:
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> 8
> Mar
> 2008
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> From:
> "David
> Provencher"
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> Remember
> that
> time
> when
> you
> were
> driving
> and
> someone
> walked
> in
> front
> of
> you
> and
> they
> were
> obviously
> not
> paying
> attention
> and
> never
> saw
> you
> coming?
> Remember
> how
> you
> were
> glad
> you
> had
> good
> brakes?
> Yesterday
> I
> was
> on
> my
> way
> to
> pick
> up
> my
> 10
> year
> old
> daughter
> at
> school
> when
> a
> Sharp-shinned
> Hawk
> flew
> in
> front
> of
> me.
> I
> really
> mean
> right
> directly
> in
> front
> of
> me.
> It
> was
> a
> really
> small
> male
> ponderously
> carrying
> what
> was
> probably
> a
> House
> Sparrow.
> It
> came
> from
> the
> side
> and
> was
> so
> close
> I
> had
> to
> slam
> on
> my
> brakes
> as
> the
> bird
> turned
> and
> flew
> directly
> away
> from
> me
> up
> the
> road.
> I
> came
> so
> close
> the
> hitting
> the
> hawk
> that
> I
> think
> my
> hood
> touched
> the
> dangling
> House
> Sparrow.
> Phew!
> Funny
> how
> I
> wasn't
> as
> annoyed
> at
> the
> bird
> as
> I
> might
> have
> been
> had
> it
> been
> a
> teen
> on
> a
> cell
> phone.
>
>
>
> Dave
>
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