Red-Tailed Trouble

As I mentioned recently, there’s a hawk hanging around the neighborhood. A red-tailed hawk.

Yesterday, I heard him calling from the highest perch of the tallest tree, when another hawk joined him. If there’s a Mrs. Hawk, as far as I’m concerned they’re welcome to take up residence here. There are plenty of yummy squirrels for their dining enjoyment. Then today I saw this.

A red-tailed hawk is fighting for its life in Massachusetts, the latest predatory bird to fall victim to ingesting a controversial rodenticide.

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/birds-of-prey-rodenticides-sgar/

The infrequent times I detect the presence of a mouse in the house, I use catch-and-hold traps, never poison.