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From: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Suburban Raptors
Summary: hit 'n' if the Law of the Jungle bothers you
Message-ID: <3567@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Date: 29 Nov 89 08:30:46 GMT
References: <1989Nov29.032434.9233@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman)
Organization: Zoological Data Processing
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According to one story I heard, there was at least one Great
Horned Owl that specialized in hunting well-fed suburban
cats around Los Altos Hills in the Bay Area.

Sharp-shinned Hawks will often patrol bird feeders.  I lost
a House Finch to an adult female just last week; she spent
20 minutes dismembering and eating it (marvelously
efficient, eating everything but some of the larger
feathers), then hopped to a nearby perch and relaxed for
another half an hour.  I live right in town, although the
town is not too large (8,000).

I also see American Kestrels in town fairly often, and the
other day I saw a larger falcon here, possibly a Merlin.
Red-tails and Turkey Vultures were some of the first birds I
put on my yard list.
-- 
John Shipman/Zoological Data Processing/Socorro, New Mexico
john@nmtsun.nmt.edu, ucbvax!unmvax!nmtsun!john  
``Let's go outside and commiserate with nature.'' [Dave Farber]


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