He’s Back
February 25, 2009 at 12:19 pm Tina Hay 2 comments
We see this red-tailed hawk almost daily.
Actually, our red-tailed hawk is around the grounds of the Hintz Family Alumni Center more days than not lately. I guess he’s got a pretty good supply of snacks here, between the squirrels and the goldfinches and the pine siskins. This morning he was perched on the alumni center roof and attracted a small crowd of Alumni Association employees to watch him. Later he flew to a tree right outside my office window—those of us on the magazine staff have offices in the old part of the alumni center, in what used to be the president’s house (some of you may know it as University House). I was able to step out onto the second-floor porch and shoot some photos of him from a distance of maybe 15 or 20 feet.
If you click on the photo, a larger version will open, and you’ll see something that I didn’t notice when I was taking the photo—there are buds on the tree! Maybe spring is closer than it seems.
Tina Hay, editor
P.S. Our senior editor, Ryan Jones, had a very interesting day yesterday—he went to Washington, D.C., in pursuit of a story for our May-June issue. That’s all I’m sayin’ for now, but check back later today for his blog entry.
Entry filed under: The Penn Stater magazine, University Park campus. Tags: goldfinch, pine siskin, red-tailed hawk, Ryan Jones, University House.
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1. Josh | February 25, 2009 at 6:52 pm
While studying in the HUB last week, I noticed the hawk on top of the roof but was unable to get a picture. I’m happy to host such a beautiful creature on our beautiful campus.
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