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Title: Red-tailed hawk chicks removed from airport nests Sea-Tac airport Post by: Donna on 25-May-12, 07:28:54 AM http://www.king5.com/news/Red-tail-hawk-chicks-removed-from-airport-nests--152690795.html#Two (http://www.king5.com/news/Red-tail-hawk-chicks-removed-from-airport-nests--152690795.html#Two)
"They're very naive at that age," said Bud Anderson, with the Falcon Research Group. For more than a decade he's overseen the removal of young hawks from nests sitting high in cottonwood trees surrounding the airport. When the birds start to fly they are very vulnerable to aircraft. |