A friend of mine showed me a picture of young great horned owlets on a nest, with Eurasian Collared Dove tail feathers scattered around the edge of the nest. GHO must like them as well.
On Friday, February 17, 2017 at 6:53:47 PM UTC-7, Scott Somershoe wrote: > > 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/f139299b-9bad-4691-9ef0-35054d0319c4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
