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*January 29, 2010
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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
swest...@comcast.net
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If we get mice in the house in the fall, I trap them and put them out in the
yard for food for birds. They are always gone the next day. Maybe it was
already dead.
I have a lot of crows in the yard and for several years they nested in the
rooftop of a foreclosed house next door. (House
I have seen crows carry off a very alive baby squirrel, and attempt to
snatch a baby rabbit, in the alley and street by my house. I have also
seen one pursue and grab a running mouse right off the sidewalk in my
backyard. Though I can't guarantee the mouse was in good health, we
have never used a
A song sparrow is feeding beneath my bird feeder. Wonder if it is the same one
that was here last January?
(Not birds, but: 2 flying squirrels are visiting my feeder, about
10:30-11:00 at night. Fun to watch!)
Ruth Hiland
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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
Over the 10 years I volunteered in the Avian Nursery of the Wildlife Rehab
Center, I came to hold crows in high respect. They - and their relations,
the jays - are very smart, and amazing to watch. The volunteers were always
cautioned to not talk around the birds because crows can try to
Steve,
This summer I watched one hunt an kill what I think was a very small
baby rabbit in my front yard!! It flew off with it so fast I didn't get a
great looks at it but by the size it had to be a rabbit, it was right in the
middle of the yard in the grass.
Andrew
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** In pictures: Beautiful birds **
A selection of the best images from the BirdGuides Photo of the Year 2009
competition.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/8487031.stm
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monarch flycatcher in Solomon Is. (If you click on an article in Related
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subsequent page. Interesting reading about study of avian evolution.)
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