Hawk attacks girl at Fenway Park

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A red-tailed hawk perches above Alexa Rodriguez, 13, left, and a classmate during a school tour of Fenway Park on Thursday in Boston. (John Tlumacki / AP)

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The hawk attacks Rodriguez, who was touring the park with a group from Memorial Boulevard Middle School in Bristol, Conn. The hawk had a nest containing an egg in an overhang near the press booth. The nest and egg were later removed at the direction of state wildlife officials. (John Tlumacki / AP)

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Rodriguez is assisted by a teacher, Vince Jennetta, after being attacked by the hawk. Rodriguez sustained a cut to her scalp and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. (John Tlumacki / AP)

By From the Associated Press

April 4, 2008 12 AM PT

BOSTON — A 13-year-old girl touring Fenway Park on a school trip was attacked by a resident red-tailed hawk that drew blood from her scalp Thursday.

She wasn’t seriously hurt, but some observers saw an omen for a certain New York Yankees slugger in the attack at the home of the Boston Red Sox. The girl’s name is Alexa Rodriguez.

Vince Jennetta, a teacher who chaperoned her class trip from Memorial Boulevard Middle School in Bristol, Conn., told The Boston Globe that Alexa is “a little shaken, but OK.”

The hawk was perched on a railing in the upper deck behind home plate while the group toured the stadium. The hawk flew at the girl and swooped with its talons extended, scratching her scalp.

A single egg lay in the hawk’s nearby nest in an overhang near the stadium’s press booth.

The nest and egg were removed at the direction of state wildlife officials.