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In reply to the discussion: Just saw a bird of prey swoop down and snatch something off my bird feeder. [View all]2naSalit
(86,330 posts)11. That happened at my place once
when I lived at roughly 5K ft elevation and it was +5F outside. It caught a sparrow and then flew up to a limb in a tree right in plain view so I could watch and identify. Turns out it was a Cooper's hawk, they hunt much like sharped shinned but are much larger. The hawk at my yard devoured that little bird nearly completely as I found one drop of blood and one feather in the snow afterward.
If it looked a lot like a sharp shinned but was too big, could have been one of those.
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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
OP
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