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\"Hawk\"<\/p>\n

I saw an unusual sight that not everyone sees in the brick and mortar urban environment of the City of Philadelphia. In a tree on my block, which is the farthest thing I can imagine from a Marlin Perkins nature special, I saw a raptor with it’s catch of the day. A hawk was dining on a pigeon on a block of brick rowhomes. One more photo behind the cut.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Hawk&Prey\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I saw an unusual sight that not everyone sees in the brick and mortar urban environment of the City of Philadelphia. In a tree on my block, which is the farthest thing I can imagine from a Marlin Perkins nature … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[104,2093],"tags":[3758,3757,2843],"class_list":["post-19902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philadelphia","category-photography-2","tag-hawks","tag-nature-in-the-city","tag-south-philadelphia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5b0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11411,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/01\/19\/a-wet-alley-in-center-city\/","url_meta":{"origin":19902,"position":0},"title":"A Wet Alley in Center City","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"January 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Off of Locust Street between 12th and 13th Streets.","rel":"","context":"In "Philadelphia"","block_context":{"text":"Philadelphia","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/philadelphia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Alley off of Locust Between 12th & 13th","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8463\/8387074126_ec2e9be9d6_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8463\/8387074126_ec2e9be9d6_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8463\/8387074126_ec2e9be9d6_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20012,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/11\/20\/french-flag\/","url_meta":{"origin":19902,"position":1},"title":"French Flag","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"November 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Similar to the last one - this house is being torn down\u00a0less than a block away\u00a0from our house. 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