I guess word is out about our neighborhood. An adult Cooper's hawk had another
of the local collared-dove flock for breakfast in the yard yesterday.
Re: predators taking prey bigger than themselves: I saw photos of a young
goshawk that killed an adult Great Black-backed Gull in NJ this winter.
I have seen many birds of prey kill things larger than themselves.
Northern Pygmy-Owls, routinely kill birds and animals larger than
themselves. I have seen Great Horned Owls kill and carry off snowshoe hares
that are much heavier than the owl and Northern Goshawks have been known to
kill full
Not really...you should look at a museum specimen of a sharpie to see the
length and cutting edge of its talons. Killing is like sticking long
spikes with into its prey. BTW...when you look at a sharpie specimen, note
why it is called sharp-shinned.
Karl Stecher
Centennial
I did not witness the kill, but I had an adult sharpie hanging around in my
east-central Denver back yard around Christmas and New Year's, and it was
the chief suspect that left a pile of feathers from one of the East Colfax
rock pigeons that regularly frequent the ground around my feeders.
On
