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'A-Rod' Attacked By Hawk At Fenway Park

Girl Injured During School Tour

POSTED: 9:23 am EDT April 4, 2008
UPDATED: 11:59 am EDT April 4, 2008

Once again, an A-Rod got an unfriendly welcome from the home of Red Sox Nation.

This time, it was 13-year-old Alexa Rodriguez and not the Yankees All-Star third baseman Alex Rodriguez.

A red-tailed hawk attacked Rodriguez on a tour of Fenway Park Thursday, drawing blood and sending the girl to a hospital for treatment, station WCVB-TV in Boston reported.

The middle school student was touring Fenway with a group from the Memorial Boulevard Middle School in Bristol, Conn., when she came within 40 feet of a nest the hawk had built on an overhang near the press box.

The protective hawk swooped down on the girl, its talons cutting her head above her eyes. She was taken to Children’s Hospital by ambulance where she was treated and released.

"The girl is fine," Red Sox spokeswoman Susan Goodenow said.

Raptors often build nests at Fenway Park during the off-season. "Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife was already scheduled to visit Fenway today to look at the nest. They were on the way when the attack happened," Goodenow said.

A hawk was videotaped by reporters touring Fenway earlier this week when it perched on a railing outside luxury suites at the ballpark.

The nest and the egg were removed from Fenway by the Boston Animal Rescue League. The hawk flew off after the attack.

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