Feb 26, 2006

Bird's eye view



Bird-watcher associations report that over 300 bird species live in the city of Boston. A hawk is resting on a window sill of a high raised business building, in the middle of the city of Cambridge. The background shows the Charles River and downtown Boston. Hawks in Cambridge feed themselves with mice and squirrels found in the open space surrounding MIT.

Les associations d’ornithologues amateurs ont relevé plus de trois cents espèces différentes d’oiseaux dans la ville de Boston. Un faucon se repose sur le bord de la fenêtre d’un immeuble de bureaux dans le centre de Cambridge. En toile de fond, on peut voir la Charles River et le centre de Boston. Les faucons de Cambridge se nourrissent de souris et d’écureuils trouvés dans les terrains autour du MIT.

15 comments:

Michael Salone said...

Excellent photo Alex! How did you do it? Those claws look very sharp!

Eric said...

Yes Alex I agree with Michael. Superb photo. How did you manage to come so close?

Was worth the wait, anyway!! ;))

Lisi said...

Wow, this is really cool...look at those claws!

Honey Bunny said...

wonderful photo!!

Anonymous said...

dangereux Boston!!
un monde impitoyable...

Anonymous said...

anonymous> le monde impitoyable c'est Dallas et pas Boston :-)

Anonymous said...

> Michael
> Eric
En effet, le faucon se semble pas être le moins dérangé par cette présence humaine de l’autre côté de la fenêtre ! Je me demande aussi ce que ce rapace aux griffes acérées est en train d’observer…Peut-être le saurons-nous dans une prochaine photo, Alex ;-)
D-

Michael Salone said...

Photo request: I'd love a juicy lobster from Legal Seafoods, but maybe a photo will have to do!

Anonymous said...

Hello from Cedar Key....Love your photos, especially since I'm a former Bostonian....Salem, to be exact. I'll be adding your link to my blog and will visit here often.

Alex said...

michael, eric> One of my father's collegues took the picture. The hawk used to come every day. I guess he could not see inside the building because the windows are tinted. He was then able to get very close without being seen.

Alex

Anonymous said...

Alex, again, I thought I knew almost everything there was to know about Boston... I never imagined that we had falcons right in the city of Boston! I see that they feed themselves with mice and SQUIRRELS. I know somebody who would be thrilled to have a falcon right in his own backyard to help in his squirrel extermination project.

Jose

Alex said...

Jose> LOL! :-)

-Alex

Ggraph said...

That's a great capture. you got such detail,very nice photo.i would never expected to see something like that in a city such as Boston. Great city photos - very informative.
Regards,
Mark

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