Keeping a "sharp" lookout?

Last week I showed a photo of a beautifully decorated shelter in Washington Park near the Oregon zoo. This hawk adorns a short support wall near the entrance. It may be a depiction of a red-tail hawk, many of which can be found in the Portland, Oregon, area and in the Wilamette Valley. Tapir and Friends Animal Store has several realistic detailed plastic hawks for sale. This hawk looks friendly, but sharp talons and pointed beak make such raptors formidable predators to small rodents and other birds.

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