When birds attack: Be afraid, be very afraid

Holy air strike Batman. Somebody get on the bat phone and call Stonington Commissioner Bates. (H/T Capitol Report). A crazy red tail is attacking.

Police Captain Jerry Desmond said there have been more attacks dating back to the summer. The hawk repeatedly charged a boy as he walked to his bus stop and took his hat. It snatched a pair of headphones and knocked the eyeglasses off a man while he was on his lawnmower. It even attacked a car.

“We’re concerned because the bird seems to be becoming more and more territorial,” Desmond said.

Margarett Jones, the director of the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, said the hawk is trying to protect its nest during the spring breeding season, a time in which males can become more aggressive as they try to impress potential mates.

Animal Control Officer Rae-Jean Davis said she is investigating the attacks and working with the state Department of Environmental Protection to resolve the problem.

“People have said it just swoops down and dive-bombs them,” she said. “It feels like they’ve been struck by a stick or a rock.”

Hey, couldn’t he just do push ups on the beach instead?

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Jim Vicevich

Jim is a veteran broadcaster and conservative/libertarian blogger with more than 25 years experience in TV and radio. Jim's was the long-term host of The Jim Vicevich Show on WTIC 1080 in Hartford from 2004 through 2019. Prior to radio, Jim worked as a business and financial reporter for NBC30 - the NBC owned TV station in Hartford - and as business editor at WFSB-TV in Hartford for 14 years while earning six Emmy nominations and three Telly Awards.

3 Comments

  1. Anne-EH on March 5, 2010 at 4:03 am

    Jim, for some reason, I was thinking of the famous "Pale Male" red tail hawk who calls NYC home. :)=^..^=



  2. Dimsdale on March 5, 2010 at 5:58 am

    Just watch Hitchcock's "The Birds".  It could be worse…..



  3. Anne-EH on March 5, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    Jim, here is the site for the famous "Pale Male" red tail hawk bird. :)=^..^=
    http://www.palemale.com/



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