BRYAN EATON/Staff photo. After surveying the surrounding area below the top of St. Paul's Church in Newburyport for at least 15 mintues, a red-tailed hawk swooped down after prey it spied below. They eat many small mammals, especially rodents and rabbits, but in lean times will eat small birds, reptiles and even larger birds as chickens.

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