In the house one day we heard a loud bang. Turned out that a red tailed hawk chasing a bird crashed into a window. Both were gone but feathers and a spot on the window provided the evidence. Red tailed hawks are the only raptors around here except owls that hunt at night. Gerry
Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > When I lived in NW DC, a dead bird fell from the sky into the alley about > 10' from where I was standing just as an ominous shadow passed overhead. I > went inside the house for about 40 minutes, and when I returned to the > alley the bird carcass had vanished. Must have been a red tailed hawk, > which were endemic in the urban forest where I lived. > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > http://okchomesellers.com/random-thoughts/eagles-vs-crows-air-combat/ > > > > Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > > > >> Coupla years ago right about now I was riding my bike on a back road and > >> heard this commotion of crows so stopped to see what it was. There was a > >> bald eagle sitting out in a field, all the crows were mobbing it. The > >> eagle kept trying to take off but it had something largish and black and > >> would not drop it. Finally after 3 or 4 tries it got airborne and flew > >> over me, looked like it was carrying a cat. I heard something behind be in > >> the woods on the other side of the road and there was a flock of turkeys. > >> They scattered when the eagle flew over. > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5315 / Virus Database: 4213/8567 - Release Date: 11/13/14 > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
