[Tweeters] Do Cooper's eat rats?

[Stephan Fjelstad]

I've also seen a Cooper's take full-grown Norwegian rats twice down on the
Seattle waterfront near the Aquarium on the east side of Alaskan Way.

Stephan Fjelstad

On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 9:30 PM Paul Bannick <paul.bannick at gmail.com> wrote:


> I have seen them take large Norway Rats in Discovery Park

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

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>> 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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