North of Austin at Round Rock, Texas, Tammy and I saw a RT and a Swainson's catching bats on the wing as they came out from under a bridge. The RT was better at it but with that many bats, both birds caught their fill.
Ira Sanders Golden, CO ----- Original Message ----- From: migran...@aol.com<mailto:migran...@aol.com> To: urra...@comcast.net<mailto:urra...@comcast.net> ; cobirds@googlegroups.com<mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:31 PM Subject: Re: [cobirds] R-T Hawk predates a Cooper's I can't speak to the issue from personal experience, but there is a show called Raptor Force which has run on PBS several times, which features lots of footage of raptors as well as comparisons with the technology of jet fighters. In this show there is footage of red-tails in Texas catching bats on the wing. That has to display a fair degree of aerial agility! Norm Lewis -----Original Message----- From: Leon Bright <urra...@comcast.net<mailto:urra...@comcast.net>> To: COBIRDS <cobirds@googlegroups.com<mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Sun, Mar 14, 2010 9:22 pm Subject: [cobirds] R-T Hawk predates a Cooper's COBirders, Skot Latona’s photo of a red-taildining on a Cooper’s Hawk with the possibility that the red-tail killedit, runs counter to my understanding that Cooper’s are too agile to becaught by red-tails, under normal conditions. Have I been mistaken inholding that concept, or are some large buteos quick enough to grab amedium-sized accipiter? Leon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds". To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com<mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en> Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org<http://www.cfo-link.org/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds". To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com<mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en> Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org<http://www.cfo-link.org/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds". To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
