Orange County, California
Hi all,
I'm college student/lifeguard. Recently I was lifeguarding when two birds, (what I think were a hawk and a dove) landed almost at my feat in the middle of quite a battle. (The hawk was winning). I honestly was terrified and had no idea what to do (this isn't something they teach you in lifeguard training). Eventually the hawk 'picked up' the dove but only made it a few feat and dropped the dove in the pool (luckily no one was swimming in that lane). What I didn't really think of as strange at the time was that the hawk just flew away and left the his prey floating in the pool. So, I radioed the maintenance guy and he came with a net and took the dead bird away (there was no saving it : ( ). About 15 minutes later the hawk returned. I realized at this point that the hawk was probably looking for the bird that he had killed. The hawk stuck around the pool and honestly scared me to death for a good hour or two. I tried walking around the pool but the hawk always positioned himself to my back.
So here are my questions:
I live in Orange County, CA, does anyone know if hawks here would be willing to attack people?
What kind of hawk do you think this one was? It was brown and kind of small. I am from the the High Desert of California and the hawks we have there seem significantly larger. Maybe this is just a young hawk?
Are there doves in Orange County, CA?
Well, thanks to those of you that read this. I thought this was quite an interesting story to share. I don't know how often people witness hawk attacks, but I thought this one was well worth sharing.
THANKS!
Hi all,
I'm college student/lifeguard. Recently I was lifeguarding when two birds, (what I think were a hawk and a dove) landed almost at my feat in the middle of quite a battle. (The hawk was winning). I honestly was terrified and had no idea what to do (this isn't something they teach you in lifeguard training). Eventually the hawk 'picked up' the dove but only made it a few feat and dropped the dove in the pool (luckily no one was swimming in that lane). What I didn't really think of as strange at the time was that the hawk just flew away and left the his prey floating in the pool. So, I radioed the maintenance guy and he came with a net and took the dead bird away (there was no saving it : ( ). About 15 minutes later the hawk returned. I realized at this point that the hawk was probably looking for the bird that he had killed. The hawk stuck around the pool and honestly scared me to death for a good hour or two. I tried walking around the pool but the hawk always positioned himself to my back.
So here are my questions:
I live in Orange County, CA, does anyone know if hawks here would be willing to attack people?
What kind of hawk do you think this one was? It was brown and kind of small. I am from the the High Desert of California and the hawks we have there seem significantly larger. Maybe this is just a young hawk?
Are there doves in Orange County, CA?
Well, thanks to those of you that read this. I thought this was quite an interesting story to share. I don't know how often people witness hawk attacks, but I thought this one was well worth sharing.
THANKS!
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