Hawk (bird)

A hawk was a predatory raptor native to Earth, among other planets. Hawks were noted for having especially keen eyesight. (; )
In 2344, Chakotay and his father encountered a hawk in the Central Americas rainforest during an expedition to find their kin. ()
When a survey team of the beamed down to the planet of the Sky Spirits in 2372, Chakotay saw a bird he felt resembled a hawk in the sky. Shortly thereafter, Neelix was attacked by the bird and nearly lost one of his eyeballs. ()
When Leonardo da Vinci began conceptualizing his flying machine, he initially took the "flapping approach", which mimicked the way a bat or a sparrow flew; his attempt was unsuccessful. It was not until Kathryn Janeway suggested that he should base it on the hawk, that his idea finally took off: "a creature that glides through the air." ()
== Types of hawks ==
* Baneriam hawk
* Pyrithian moon hawk
* Reeta-hawk
* Tarkalean hawk
== Appendices ==
=== Background information ===
Scene 11, scripted and planned to be filmed on Monday , of the first season episode , had Travis Mayweather inspecting the communications tower of the Terra Nova colony when suddenly hearing a hawk. (Call sheet)
In the revised final draft script of , the pattern on the underside of a Romulan Bird-of-Prey was twice likened to a hawk. 
Alan Sims was responsible for hiring the trained hawk that swooped down and attacked Neelix in the episode "Tattoo". "Instead," recalled Sims, "the hawk spotted a crow and went off after it in the opposite direction. It took hours to find him. The delay was a nightmare." (Star Trek 30 Years, p. 46)
==See also==
*Hawk-dove strategic interaction game
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