Re: [SBB] Hurting Hawks

[mary keitelman <[[email protected]]>]

Dave,

if you saved teh breastbone of the 'hawk-sized' animal, perhaps you could turn it in to either the Ed Levin Park HQ or to another scientific organization 
(PRBO, GGRO, ... 
http://www.prbo.org/  
http://www.ggro.org/ ) -- 
where they would have an expert, or perhaps more likely, access to an expert -- who could ID the bone as to which species it is.

Thanks for reporting this!

Mary Keitelman

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From: [[email protected]]
To: [[email protected]]
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 18:22:50 -0700
Subject: [SBB] Hurting Hawks

Hi Birders-

 

Went up to Ed Levin Park late this afternoon, since I haven't been there for a while. Where the nature trail passes under the first tree there was an adult Red-tailed Hawk moving around in dense foliage where the branches touch the ground. It looked healthy, but flew weakly. It was causing a Red-shouldered Hawk up in the tree to be noisy. I located the RSH and noticed that it was missing its right eye! It flew off with no problem. Farther down the trail I came upon a pile of Red-shouldered Hawk flight feathers. There were enough of them that the bird had to have been rendered flightless. In the middle of the pile was the breastbone of a hawk-sized animal. Could have been the hawk or its victim. Whatever happened, it must have been a hell of a fight. 

 

Dave Weber,

Milpitas

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