Friday 30 August 2013

[cobirds] Goshawk Eating Cottontail

Yesterday on a hike in the mountains, I flushed a Goshawk off a kill site. Upon investigation, the prey was a cottontail rabbit, and was a fresh-kill. I normally think of Accipiters as bird hunters, but goes to show they take a variety of prey. We left the site for two hours and returned, but no bird on it. Evidently he had had his fill.
 
John Rawinski
Monte Vista, CO

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