An unusual “predator-prey interaction” just now: an adult Sharp-shinned Hawk repeatedly chasing a male Pileated Woodpecker. The woodpecker was clearly zigging and zagging out of its way, but landed on a tree and began foraging as soon as it could…not so impressed? The hawk landed nearby and repeated the attack after a short bit.
The light is terrible for distant detection of hawk coloration, but am 95% sure the hawk was adult and the pileated certainly is. The Pileated is also on territory, but I usually see a young Cooper’s Hawk hunting through here, not Sharp-Shinned. All Hile School Road, Freeville, just out of Basin. Anne -- 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/ --
