Raptors scavenge to varying degrees -- bald eagles and sea eagles do quite a bit of scavenging, including dead fish, birds and mammals. Rough-legged hawks, golden eagles and peregrine falcons are also known to scavenge (see Marshall, Hunter and Contreras. Birds of Oregon.)
Warren W. Aney Senior Wildlife Ecologist Tigard, OR 97223 -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wayne Tyson Sent: Monday, 25 June, 2007 20:14 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ECOLOGY Poisoning Secondary Raptors Dear Werner, Yeah, I should have been more specific, I guess. I also left out "to" after "me" and before "studies." Sorry for the carelessness. I'll post the essentials of the responses I've received off-list soon. WT At 02:47 PM 6/25/2007, The Shrew Shrine wrote: >Dear Wayne, > >The topic is interesting. - I believe that raptors go for live >animals (i.e. movoing). They are not scavengers. It depends, however, >wich poisons are involved. A poison can reduce the animal's >locomotorics and might therefore make it more susceptible to >predation. (?) > >I am not aware of any specific papers dealing with this. > >Werner > > > >Forum: > > > >Can anyone link me studies that confirm raptor poisonings from eating > >poisoned rodents? > > > >Thanks, > >WT > > >-- >Dr. Werner Haberl >Former Chair, Insectivore Specialist Group, IUCN >Hamburgerstrasse 11/17 >A-1050 Vienna, Austria >Phone & Fax: (+431) 941 13 13 >E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >The Shrew Shrine: <http://members.vienna.at/shrew> >or new: http://members.chello.at/natura >The Dormouse Hollow: http://www.glirarium.org/dormouse
