[NatureNS] sharpie killing rat?? -- was Dartmouth Birds

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Has anyone else on our list heard of a sharp-shinned hawk preying on  
a mammal of any kind, much less a rat??  Cheers from Jim in Wolfville

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> From: Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca>
> Date: February 8, 2010 2:22:46 PM AST
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Dartmouth Birds
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
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> Brown Creeper seen through my binnoculars going up the side of a  
> tree in the green belt in back of our backyard. Hadn't seen one in  
> years! but then again they're really not that easy to spot.
> Haven't seen the Orange-crowned Warbler at all today yet. It's had  
> a so-so reaction to the meal worms, so far, or it may have been the  
> way they were presented. Still loves the plum pudding though! May  
> be 'laying low' today as a Sharp-shinned Hawk has been successful  
> now 3 days in a row at killing starlings in my backyard, mind you,  
> today's kill looked more like a rat; it appeared to have a long  
> skinny tail! I didn't think Sharp-shinned Hawks went after rodents.
>
> Gayle MacLean
> Dartmouth
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margin-left: 0px; ">Brown Creeper seen through my binnoculars going up =
the side of a tree in the green belt in back of our backyard. Hadn't =
seen one in years! but then again they're really not that easy to =
spot.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Haven't seen the Orange-crowned =
Warbler at all today yet. It's had a so-so reaction to the meal worms, =
so far, or it may have been the way they were presented. Still loves the =
plum pudding though! May be 'laying low' today as a Sharp-shinned Hawk =
has been successful now 3 days in a row at killing starlings in my =
backyard, mind you, today's kill looked more like a rat; it appeared to =
have a long skinny tail! I didn't think Sharp-shinned Hawks went after =
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