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Index of Subjects I watched a Sharp-shinned Hawk do a similar thing about a year ago. It landed near a feeder and all the sparrows went into a thick privet hedge. The Sharpie started at the top of the hedge and worked his way to the bottom, whereupon he simply reached out and grabbed a cowering Dark-eyed Junco from the ground with one leg, then flew away. ------------------- James Hirtle wrote: > Hi all: > > I had an interesting observation related to me. Apparently a > gentleman was in his tree stand bow hunting. While there he noted two > squirrels busily dropping cones from the top of a very thick evergreen > tree. Every now and then these two red squirrels would chase one > another around and around the tree. After a time the hunter noted a > northern goshawk. This bird proceeded to land on the lower branch of > the thick evergree tree and hopped from branch to branch up into the > tree. After a time a big commotion occurred. All of a sudden the > northern goshawk appeared again on the bottom branches of the tree > with one of the squirrels in talon. The goshawk had descended the > tree branch by branch after apprehending the prey. This method of > hunting for a hawk is definitely new for me and I've never heard of > such an occurrence before. From a scientific perspective it would be > nice to know if any studies have shown other goshawks using this > method of hunting to obtain prey from hard to get at locations. > > A number of years ago, I watched as a northern goshawk killed a duck > in the middle of a large lake. The duck being too heavy to lift, it > grabbed the bird in it's talons and back stoked with the wings to > shore, where it proceeded to eat the duck. If I had not seen such I > never would have believed such a thing as possible. > > James R. Hirtle > East LaHave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Messenger wants to send you on a trip. Enter today. > <http://www.messengerbuddies.ca/?ocid=BUDDYOMATICENCA21>
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