Word: hawk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Babcock of the Maintenance Department have been unfair to a superb creature when you refer to the Memorial Hall pigeon-killer as a "huge chicken hawk." Leaving aside the fact there is no recognized species of "chicken hawk," this particular bird is a Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus anatum), the American version of the falcon, traditionally used for hunting...
Your concepts of "huge" differ radically from those of most people: the male Duck Hawk is 18 inches in length, the female 19, with a wingspread of 40 to 46 inches. The Duck Hawk, credited with the aviary speed record of 175 m.p.h., kills by "stooping" at its victim and striking it in mid-air with great force. They have been known to kill birds as large as the Canada Goose (length...
...observations lead me to believe that there are two Duck Hawk on Mem Hall, a falcon (female) and a tercelet (male). They spend a good deal of time around Jefferson as well as pigeons, a fact which should weigh in their favor. Incidentally, there was a Duck Hawk around during the entire time of the Great Owl Episode last year...
Tampering with the feeding habits of birds is against God's law, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals claimed in the owl case last year. But Cambridge police said last night the University could do anything it pleased with the hawk or hawks...
...ornithologist doubted that the hawk or hawks were solely responsible for the 75 pigeon carcasses found in the Memorial Hall tower Friday by James Babcock, sub-foreman of the Maintenance Department. Duck hawks are only half as meaty as pigeons, he says, and would hardly eat more than one third of the pigeon...