Hi Steve, Up at our cabin in NW WI, our 2 dogs love to hunt mice, chipmunks and SQ's - they have been quite successful too. We try to discourage them but the "lab" in them says hunt, hunt, hunt ...even though we are not hunters ourselves. A couple of years ago, I took a 2x2 foot piece of plywood and screwed it down to the top of a low-lying tree stump. We called it the "alter" and had many offerings of the perished critter kind. We found that the Blue Jays had no problem carrying off and consuming the mice, but the Crows would come in too and grabbed any (or all) of the 3 different critters. I once saw a Crow chasing a bat, pecking at its wings and he eventually caught it. What shocked me most, this was in the middle of the afternoon, so I would guess the Crow found the bat's hiding place and woke him up. Amazing corvids they are.....
It was so nice finally meeting you last week at WBU, stop in again when you can. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Weston To: mnbird ; Mou-net Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:57 AM Subject: [mnbird] Birding about the Metro Yesterday I spotted a Crow carrying a recently killed Deer or White-footed Mouse. This is the first time I have every seen evidence of Crows hunting mammals. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
