Here she is coming down 8th Street, just east of Avenue B, with the mockingbird right on top of her.
![Dora the hawk under attack by a blue jay](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/13940121239_1e30e34746_b.jpg)
She took refuge atop St Brigid's, but the mockingbird wouldn't back down.
![Dora the hawk under attack by a blue jay](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2907/14127056595_0aa627ef2a_b.jpg)
After a few minutes, the harassment became unbearable.
![Dora the hawk under attack by a blue jay](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7426/13940438478_a01e0bb25d_b.jpg)
Here comes the torpedo!
![Dora the hawk under attack by a blue jay](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2919/14146842763_8af3fc12d6_b.jpg)
It never ends.
![Dora the hawk under attack by a blue jay](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/14123786492_3d93256140_b.jpg)
Dora tried resting in a tree in Tompkins Square, but more bully birds joined the fracas, so she returned to the nest. Christo, who'd been on nest duty, flew over to the tree Dora had just left and was promptly attacked by robins.
Never a moment of peace for these two...
See more photos here and here.
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