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Showing Original Post only (View all)Just saw a bird of prey swoop down and snatch something off my bird feeder. [View all]
It happened so fast I couldn't tell what kind of bird it was - probably a red-tailed hawk, since those are common here - or exactly what it caught (might have been a cardinal). It was startling, though, because the bird feeder isn't far from my window. Living in a city, I don't often see predation in the open.
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Just saw a bird of prey swoop down and snatch something off my bird feeder. [View all]
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2018
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I live in a big raptor area. Between the red-tailed hawks, prairie falcons and Great Horned owls...
hlthe2b
Nov 2018
#6
THe largest red-tailed hawk and Great Horned owls are five pounds-- readily able to kill a yorkie
hlthe2b
Nov 2018
#14
Then I accept YOUR correction and inferred (though it should have been overt) apology for your error
hlthe2b
Nov 2018
#16
We have them here (Minnesota) but they tend to migrate south in the fall.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2018
#10
We had a pair of red shouldered hawks breed in a wooded strip by our yard
YessirAtsaFact
Nov 2018
#9