{"id":394876,"date":"2010-03-05T14:33:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T19:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef01310f6a8ac8970c"},"modified":"2010-03-05T15:10:44","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T20:10:44","slug":"dive-bombing-red-tailed-hawk-dogging-connecticut-town-may-be-lovesick-wildlife-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/394876","title":{"rendered":"Dive-bombing red-tailed hawk dogging Connecticut town may be lovesick, wildlife experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9JRojgdK0DE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9JRojgdK0DE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Wildlife experts say love could be in the air for a red-tailed hawk with a penchant for dive-bombing people in the town of Stonington, Conn.<\/p>\n<p>The belligerent bird is probably trying to impress potential mates and protect its nest as it enters its mating season, they say &#8212; and woe to unsuspecting pedestrians in Stonington, a shoreline town bordering Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>The hawk has attacked at least five people recently, including a woman who was cut on the head this week. It has also\u00a0snatched a boy&#8217;s hat, snagged headphones from a man on a lawn mower and even attacked a car.<\/p>\n<p>Stonington animal control officer Rae-Jean Davis and the director of a nearby nature center say there are no plans to kill the angry avian, but its nest may be moved to a less populated area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Associated Press<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay up-to-date on animal news: Follow Unleashed on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/launleashed\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/LATunleashed\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Video: A March 3 news report on the hawk. Credit: WTNH via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/WTNH\">YouTube<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wildlife experts say love could be in the air for a red-tailed hawk with a penchant for dive-bombing people in the town of Stonington, Conn. The belligerent bird is probably trying to impress potential mates and protect its nest as it enters its mating season, they say &#8212; and woe to unsuspecting pedestrians in Stonington, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}