Talk:Hawk

message: I live just outside of Atlanta, and I believe we have red-tail hawks here.  I keep seeing three hawks circling my property when my three dogs are out in the field.  The dogs are smallish... between 14 and 25lbs.  Is it possible that the hawks are considering my dogs as prey??  It seems unlikely to me, but this has happened several times.
8=============D  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.130.87.160 (talk) 23:50, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are few birds of prey that are large and powerful enough to take even a cat, let alone a small dog. Only the Snowy Owl and a couple of large African and Asian Eagles spring to mind. Hawks spend a lot of time circling because that's how they find their prey (We regularly have Common Buzzards over), but they are looking for more manageable and less well armed food items like rabbits, mice and carrion, jimfbleak 06:18, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  WHAT SIZE PREY CAN A HAWK LIFT? 

message: The Buteo Genus should be listed here, correct? http://ctd.mdibl.org/detail.go;jsessionid=9D994DAE0DB7BF984C51E11A3112A517?type=taxon&acc=8955 It seems there are a few that are missing. Earthsound 03:22, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nevermind. I just read too quickly and didn't realize that was the Falconiformes Order. Earthsound 03:45, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where is Buteo? 

message: to any concerned: took out a lot of info already found on the Accipitrinae under the article of that name; the term "hawk", ambiguous as it is, seem more fit for a disambig page. much of the info here could/should be found under the various entries of the individual taxa concerned. information on sensory systems should probably go to the Falconiformes page under the proper heading.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metanoid (talk • contribs) 19:57, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: wth? could've sworn there was a separate article for the Accipitrinae. hmmm. maybe there should be; "hawk" seems too ambiguous. comments?  - Metanoid (talk, email) 19:43, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  my recent edits 

message: see also any discussion at Talk:Bird of prey, the proposed destination. there are similar terms, and this entry might do more work as a fleshed-out section of t'other. --Μετανοιδ  (talk, email) 07:03, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 

message: I've tidied this up a bit to remove repetition
I've removed the image which was positioned contra MOS, and given the dozens of good images we have, a captive bird seemed inappropriate. jimfbleak (talk) 06:33, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: cleanse

message: * Log in when editing your project. Otherwise I am unable to determine your contributions.
* Place the potential list of references on the talk page - not in the article until you are prepared to actually cite them. --JimmyButler (talk) 10:12, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biology Project 

message: #
#
#
Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 03:28, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Potential Sources 

message: I had a little kitten about 10 weeks old that was very playful and loved to climb trees.  I'm in the central Texas area.  Is it possible that a hawk may have taken my little kitten and killed it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.41.27.196 (talk) 15:38, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  would hawks snatch up a kitten? 

message: Quote from the introduction:
-----
:The term hawk can be used in several ways:
:* (the strict usage)
:* More generally (especially in North America) to mean falcons or small to medium-sized members of the Accipitridae – the family which includes the "true hawks" (Accipiters) as well as eagles, kites, harriers and buzzards.
:* Loosely, to mean almost any bird of prey outside of the order Strigiformes (owls).
:The common names of birds in various parts of the world often use hawk in the second sense. For example, the Osprey or "fish hawk"; ...
----
The Osprey is however not a member of the Accipitridae, thus not an example for the second meaning of the word, but for the third one. I'm not sure whether it's really useful to distinguish between these two. --KnightMove (talk) 18:24, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second and third sense clearly different? 

message: What about some sort of picture of a hawk from the front of his/her head and only the head? I can take a picture of my chicken to show what I mean. This would really improve the article by showing the head structure of hawks.
:Oops forgot to sign it. UNIT A4B1 (talk) 21:16, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

message: cLassification of hawK  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.54.181.95 (talk) 15:50, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  hawK 

message: "In Australia and Africa hawks include some of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, * Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hawk&oldid=613611508)
To me, this sounds like these genera are called "hawk" in Australia and Africa, but not called hawk elsewhere.  Whilst those species are found in Africa and New Guinea, they are called "goshawk" by people worldwide. 
Will try to reword it. 
Pelagic (talk) 04:05, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "in Australia and Africa"? 

message: I added a copy editing tag because the vast majority of this article is in the passive voice, and there are some odd sentences/sections.  If you're a native English speaker, go read the Reproduction section aloud and you'll see what I mean.  I don't have time to edit stuff tonight, but I'll see if I can get around to it this month.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wuapinmon (talk • contribs) 01:43, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy Edit tag 

message: Change the caption "A Hawk during flaying." to "Hawk in flight." for this image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk#/media/File:Hawk_in_Kurdistan.jpg Elekmathe (talk) 06:46, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Done DRAGON BOOSTER  ★ 07:12, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 May 2017 

message: Not a word on typical lifespan of a hawk. Can anyone help?
Tmusgrove  —Preceding undated comment added 22:05, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Age, lifespan?

message: Under the heading of Reproduction, based on the content, I think you mean "Hawks are known for their unique courtship display" rather than "Hawks are known for their unique mating season."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by MChaiken (talk • contribs) 01:07, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change "mating season" to "courtship displays." 

message: A bird's claws are called talons, and a bird's mouth is called a beak. Therefore, the three mentions of "claws" should be edited to "talons" and the one mention of "mouth" should be edited to "beak"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.181.170.197 (talk) 13:40, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed change to Description section. 

message: A bird's claws are called talons, and a bird's mouth is called a beak. Therefore, the three mentions of "claws" should be edited to "talons" and the one mention of "mouth" should be edited to "beak" 86.180.178.150 (talk) 23:59, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Melmann (talk) 12:30, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 20 July 2019 

message: Croatian: https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jastrebovi
Serbian: https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-el/%D0%88%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0)
Slovenian: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jastreb  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.67.13.101 (talk) 06:23, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add links to other languages