Re: [SBB] Hurting Hawks

["Garrett Lau" <[[email protected]]>]

Thanks for the report. The Red-shouldered Hawk that is missing its
right eye has been around Ed Levin Park over two years. When I first
saw it in May 2005, the right side of its face was swollen, but a few
days later it looked normal except for the missing eye. I've seen it
several times over the past two years, but I haven't seen it recently.
I'm glad it's still OK.

--Garrett

On 8/7/07, D Weber <[[email protected]]> wrote:
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> 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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