The new campus Red-tail

The Red-tailed Hawk that has been in the oak tree by the totem pole the last four days (on and off) is a younger bird--the brown tail that the bird has gives it away. It is not a big hawk, so it may very well be a male, though it is hard to tell without another to compare. The rat population around Hanna Hall is such that it probably will succeed in hunting again--the bird is a bit on the skinny side and the available food that is around Foster/Hanna is attractive (I had a rat the size of the one it took outside my office about an hour before the hawk showed up). Red-tails are not uncommon sights above campus, especially towards Waterworks park, and a pair has been circling over Officer's Row at least twice in the last two weeks.