[Tweeters] Do Cooper's eat rats?

[Molly Cvetovac]

I’ve seen fledgling Cooper’s Hawks eating a Cottontail in a tree…

Molly Cvetovac
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On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 7:48 PM Thomas Einberger <teinberger at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Cooper's Hawks eat small rodents, but are rats small enough? The Cooper's

> have seemed interested in the rats that need to be eaten out the window,

> but is this a last resort for them if no other food is available? The rats

> aren't particularly afraid of the Cooper's.

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