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# Red-Tailed Hawks Descend Upon Ditmas Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/red-tailed-hawks-descend-upon-ditmas-park-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2013-10-21T15:25:56.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T12:36:48.000Z
- Author: Nora Whelan
- Tags: red-tailed hawks, #API-Imported

![Hawk 003 by Cara Winter](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Hawk-003.jpg)

Don’t worry if you missed [Raptor Fest](/blog/animals/raptor-fest-lands-in-prospect-park-this-sunday-october-13) this year–you’ll probably get to see a bird of prey around the neighborhood soon. Neighbor Cara, who took these amazing photos on Friday, says:

> Over the last couple days I’ve seen a few dead, picked apart squirrels in the neighborhood and this morning I found the culprit having breakfast on the next fire escape on Stratford Road. Looks like we have a Red-tailed Hawk in the neighborhood. I wonder if anyone else has spotted him!

> Luckily our camera was charged. I thought he might get spooked when we opened the window to take the pictures, but he didn’t care at all–just kept right on eating!

![Hawk 001 by Cara Winter](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Hawk-001.jpg)

![Hawk 002 by Cara Winter](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Hawk-002.jpg)

![Hawk 004 by Cara Winter](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Hawk-004.jpg)

![Hawk 005 by Cara Winter](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Hawk-005.jpg)

As it turns out, at least two other locals have seen hawks hanging around lately. [Papacruz](http://instagram.com/p/fa4EbvHgki/?ref=bklyner.com) caught this pair canoodling at the Parade Ground…

![red tailed hawks by papacruz](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-21-at-10.37.13-AM.png)

… and our own Mary Bakija snapped one high in the sky above Church not long ago.

![red tailed hawk by mary bakija](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dpc_hawk_church.jpg)

Have you caught any good avian action recently? Send photos to [editor@ditmasparkcorner.com](mailto:editor@ditmasparkcorner.com), and we’ll add them to the post.