Here's a link to a Naturalist's Notebook column by John Schmitt about observing a Peregrine Falcon catching bats.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=1107 Naturalist Notebook - Winter 2009 Living Bird Use our Bird Guide to identify birds, learn about the life history, listen to the sounds, and watch bird behavior on video--the most comprehensive guide to North American birds Read more...<http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=1107> ? Tim Gallagher Editor-in-Chief LIVING BIRD Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, New York 14850 (607) 254-2443 t...@cornell.edu ________________________________ From: bounce-117710864-10557...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-117710864-10557...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 6:42 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Accipiter eating bats That's right, on the web you can find videos of Red-tailed Hawks hunting at dusk as vast clouds of bats emerge from their roosting cave. Here's one such: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e22_1344450135 The presence of multiple remains under the pole in the TCAT parking lot suggests that this accipiter has discovered a bat roost in the area. Might be fun to find out where that is. -Geo Kloppel -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
