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Apr 3, 2008 5:26 pm US/Eastern
Hawk Attacks Tourist At Fenway Park
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
On a day the Boston Red Sox were showing off improvements at Fenway Park for the 2008 season, a hawk attacked a student while she was taking a tour of the ballpark.
The unidentified girl from Connecticut was taken to a nearby hospital in an ambulance Thursday morning. A Red Sox spokesperson said she is expected to be o.k.
A construction worker at Fenway told WBZ a photographer was attacked by a hawk inside the ballpark Wednesday. The Red Sox confirmed there was one other incident, but only said it was "in the last couple of days."
Two hawks had set up a nest with eggs just below the press box behind home plate.
The Red Sox said the Boston Animal Rescue League removed the nest and the egg Thursday afternoon in hopes of keeping the hawk away. Wildlife officials said the hawk has built nests at Fenway Park since 2002 but she had never laid an egg before.
Sadly, officials said the hawk's egg was not viable after it had rolled off a knit cap the hawk had used inside the nest and didn't survive the cold conditions.
Officials said the hawk poses no threat to fans on Opening Day because the large number of people will likely scare her away. Wildlife officials said they will continue to dismantle any nests she makes that become large enough for her to lay another egg until she moves locations.
Opening Day at Fenway Park is next Tuesday, April 8.
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