While on a walk in the dunes yesterday, I saw what was clearly a raptor, but not one I had seen before. It had a rust-colored breast with dark wings and a dark tail. It was smaller-bodied than a red-tailed hawk and the tail was on the long, slender side. I did not see any bar markings, and it did not appear to be a Cooper's Hawk or a Sharp-shinned Hawk, and that's the extent of my area hawk knowledge. Some sort of falcon, perhaps? [more inside]
posted by coollibrarian on Jan 11, 2009 - 8 answers

What skateboarding video is most likely to make my monocle pop out, my top hat fly off, and cause me to run around the room slapping my ass with both hands and declaiming a total lack of belief? [more inside]
posted by felix on Sep 25, 2007 - 23 answers

There is a hawk's nest in the lot next to our house with babies in it. They are about to clear cut the land to put yet another crappy built house there (all in the name of "money"). Is there anything that can be done to save that nest?
posted by Hands of Manos on May 18, 2006 - 18 answers

What is the best way to see hawks in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York? [more inside]
posted by destro100 on Oct 11, 2005 - 3 answers

In the Spenser: For Hire TV series, what kind of gun did Hawk use? I'm referring to the big silver revolver that he would pull out of his coat. What kind of gun is that? [more inside]
posted by Mayor Curley on Apr 12, 2005 - 3 answers