Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cooper's Hawk

2021-01-18 Thread Terry Mingle
Hmm. I need to get some Red-Tailed Hawks. ;-) —Terry == > On Jan 18, 2021 , at 11:16 AM, Tim Gallagher wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > Gray squirrels are actually a fairly common prey item for local Red-tailed > Hawks. I even saw a red-tail try to catch on

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cooper's Hawk

2021-01-18 Thread Terry Mingle
We have Cooper’s Hawks as well - at my house, and at my sister Richanna’s house, and I’ve only ever seen them eat a squirrel once, and it was the young hawks (that just fledged) that killed it. I always wonder why they don’t eat squirrel more often. I wish they would. I have about 10 fat squir