After a busy week, I came home to find an adult female Sharp-shinned Hawk in the process of killing a Eurasian Collared-Dove in my side yard. Unfortunately I accidentally spooked her and she flew. The dove was still alive but never budged. From a vantage point, I managed to confirm she came back 15 min later, made the kill (lots more feathers around and she'd moved it a little and plucked a lot), and subsequently flew off with her late afternoon snack.
Before going back to the not-yet-dead-dove, she perched in our neighbors back yard and my continuing flock of lesser goldfinches were unperturbed. I still have about 10 or so daily. I love feeding the birds! Cheers, Scott Somershoe Littleton CO Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/E687B14D-3D56-4398-8818-182D5AC444DE%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
