Police are warning people in a Fairfield neighborhood to be cautious after a series of attacks by hawks in the area.
A woman was attacked by a hawk in her yard on Old Mill Road on March 19, according to police.
It is the most recent in a string of incidents where people were attacked by hawks, they said.
The hawks fly up behind a person undetected while the person is walking and the hawk targets the person's head, police said.
Fairfield Police issued a warning on their Facebook page for people walking in the areas of Old Mill Road, Sycamore Lane and Henry Street.
Animal control officers will be regularly patrolling those areas, according to police.
The department has contacted the State of Connecticut Wildlife Division of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Division to help remove the hawks from the area, police said.
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Anyone who wants to report a hawk sighting can call Animal Control at (203) 254-4857, or to report a hawk attack, call Fairfield police at (203) 254-4800.
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