Hey, CoBirders, The past 2 days I've at least 1, likely 2 adult (paired?) Cooper's Hawks in the backyard partially consuming & possibly caching the remains of pigeon(s). I looked up “Cooper’s Hawk” in Cornell Lab’s *Birds of the World* website and found this under Diet:
“*During breeding season, both sexes cache uneaten prey on horizontal branches and retrieve it for themselves and their young; caching may be as frequent as 1/d for females with nestlings (RNR, JB; J. Papp, personal communication). No information on caching outside the breeding season.*” Whether a true form of caching (outside the breeding season) or not, this was a fascinating series of events to me. Has anyone else observed a Cooper’s coming back for seconds from a partially hidden previous day’s kill--or even needing to eat a half-pigeon less than 24 hours after doing the same? For the detailed story and some of the gory pictures, you can see my 2 eBird submissions for 2/27 & 2/28 here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S103948453 https://ebird.org/checklist/S103966642 Good birding! Marty Wolf, NW Colorado Springs -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADoSYTMkGpHh2JUXrb%3DTUX71%3DtijhgMr5Wph80ME_Wrya8TgnQ%40mail.gmail.com.
