I guess word is out about our neighborhood. An adult Cooper's hawk had another of the local collared-dove flock for breakfast in the yard yesterday.
Re: predators taking prey bigger than themselves: I saw photos of a young goshawk that killed an adult Great Black-backed Gull in NJ this winter. Scott Somershoe Littleton CO Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 19, 2017, at 8:21 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have seen many birds of prey kill things larger than themselves. > Northern Pygmy-Owls, routinely kill birds and animals larger than > themselves. I have seen Great Horned Owls kill and carry off snowshoe hares > that are much heavier than the owl and Northern Goshawks have been known to > kill full grown Turkeys. > > Birds of prey are quite exciting creatures to watch hunt. > Scott Rashid > Estes Park > > >> On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:26:01 -0800 (PST), Ben S <[email protected]> wrote: >> Must have been hard for the Sharpie to kill a bird bigger than itself! >> Ben Sampson >> Centennial CO > > -- > 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/37fea13f32ec7b0f4451d58fe66bcd4a%40127.0.0.1. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/FCCAD1F5-56B2-4D59-83AD-9EFFC7500EF1%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
