[Tweeters] predation question

[Ven. Dhammadinna]

In the Birds Connect Seattle training for monitoring dead birds due to
window collisions, we are alerted to the fact that crows make meals of
window kills.
Dhammadinna
Seattle

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 9:54 AM Greg <gjpluth at gmail.com> wrote:


> Blythe -

> Your description is good even without the pictures.

> I might consider the possibility that the cause of death is unknown, and

> that some other critter came across the dead bird and fed on it. I have a

> strong sense that if it were killed by an accipiter, it would have been

> carried off for plucking and feeding. I had once noticed a Cooper’s

> (assumed) grasping a flicker in the open yard outside my condo. It was

> trying to drag the flicker out of the open to some nearby bushes. Sadly, I

> flushed the hawk off its prey by positioning myself for photos. The

> flicker, seemingly unscathed, bolted too. But if it had been killed, would

> the hawk have come back when I’d gone?

>

> Lotsa little mysteries in the natural world!

>

> Sent from my iPhone

>

> > On Jan 30, 2024, at 6:20 PM, Blythe Horman <blythe.horman at gmail.com>

> wrote:

> >

> > I have a few photos I can email anyone interested if that would be

> helpful. I can add a bit more description but wanted to be sensitive to the

> fact that some of us might find that disturbing.

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