Sending out an invite to our second Hawk Stalker's pot luck!
September 19th, 2:30 at Danehy Park, meeting at the picnic tables.
Bring food and photos to share! See you then! Hildy

There is already an established hawk family or hawk at the Burbank School. When I moved into the neighborhood in the winter time I saw a redtail hawk fly by and was told by a neighbor that a redtail lives at the Burbank School. In the early spring I saw one hunting across the way at the high school as well. This evening I did some investigating and walked over the school with Sandy. I was told by a gentleman also walking his dog at the school that there is a redtail hawk that lives at the school and you can see it regularly perched on the steeple on the roof. He also showed me which tree area the nest was in and in the winter when the leaves are gone you can clearly see the nest. He told me he has seen hawks at school since he has lived in Belmont, for seven years. The hawk probably was not luck, but who can know for sure. Hildy

Hawk sighting Thursday morning August 26.

Out for my morning walk, I turned the corner to go down the path on the South side of the Burbank school in Belmont. I startled and flushed a very large bird that headed up towards the roof of the school building. It struck me that it was some kind of falcon or possibly even a Hawk. Because of its small size, it initially didn't strike me that it was a Hawk. It lighted on the outer corner of one of the inner rooftops. It was facing South with the sun coming in from the east. It was 6:49AM and that made it difficult for me to really get a good look at the bird. However, I did notice it was very dark in the back and the head very close to the top of the back of the bird. Where I was standing was the best angle for me to observe the bird, because I walked down the path the outer building would have obscured the bird. I stood there for about 5 min. hoping the bird would turn and I could get a glimpse to determine its ethnicity. By the way, I didn't have any binoculars with me because I don't take them on my early-morning jaunt. Suddenly the bird left the roof and came flying directly towards me. As it flew towards me. It was clear that it was some kind of raptor. As it flew over my head. I could see it was a juvenile red tail hawk. A very small juvenile red tail hawk. It landed on a branch halfway up one of the Locus trees in a stand of Locus trees that line the top of the path adjacent to the Burbank school. I turned around and the bird was facing me. It was a juvenile red tail hawk. Too small to be Larry or Lucy. And the question on my mind was it lucky? Without binoculars, it was hard to zero in on the bird. After a few minutes, it took off and headed north over the top of the hill behind the Burbank school. It made my day.
Larry Blumsack (no relation to Larry the Hawk)