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...hawk, Harvard students are just another part of the landscape. The Science Center, with all its high-tech laboratories, is merely a good place for roosting. The towering ledges of Widener are remarkable only for their pigeons. Students may come and go but the squirrels will remain. Though this academic world is wonderful, it's not the only one we can inhabit. Once we gain the hawk's perspective, we can realize that there are kingdoms vaster than...

Author: By Joshua Derman, | Title: A Hawk's Eye View of Harvard | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...bird on the front page of The Crimson (Feb. 25, 1999) is not a falcon. It is actually a red-tailed hawk, one of the most common birds of prey in North America. According to the field guide published by the American Bird Conservancy, both falcons and hawks are classified as raptors, and their body shape and markings may be somewhat similar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...There are, however, subtle differences that separate these two types of birds. One such feature is coloring, which, even in the black-and-white picture you published, resembles the coloring pattern of the mature (and the bird's apparent size appears to establish its maturity) red-tailed hawk more than that of any species of falcon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...Furthermore, despite the fact that there are efforts to re-establish falcon populations in the eastern United States, falcons remain very rare in New England--far more rare than the red-tailed hawk. Finally, I believe that I have seen the specific bird in that picture in the Yard before, and I identified it on that occasion (with the help of some friends) as a red-tailed hawk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...bird on the front page of The Crimson (Feb. 25, 1999) is not a falcon. It is actually a red-tailed hawk, one of the most common birds of prey in North America. According to the field guide published by the American Bird Conservancy, both falcons and hawks are classified as raptors, and their body shape and markings may be somewhat similar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Predatory Bird Misidentified | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

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