THE HAWK APPEARS
Once a year there is much alarm and flutterings among the thousands of pigeons living in the nooks and crannies of the Central Post Office at Durban, South Africa, for suddenly a hawk appears and levies toll on them. Lately the hawk arrived for his stay of a month or so. The pigeons were fluttering happily about their homes when suddenly and without warning the dark sinister shape fell among them. For a while at least the post office was free from the pigeons, for they moved across the way where the dome of the City Hall rises. Here they were much safer, for they can fly along the balconies without fear of attack from above.
Where tho hawk goes during tho rest of the year is not known.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23061, 11 June 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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