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Date: 6/6/25 1:56 pm From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: Re: [birders] Sharp Shinned Hawks
I heard it hit the ground and keep running. Allen T. Chartier Inkster, Michigan Email: <amazilia3...> Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/collections/ Website/Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ On Fri, Jun 6, 2025, 9:26 AM Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> wrote: > Do you think the squirrel died from being gripped in the talons or the > fall? I’m actually surprised it didn’t hit the ground and just keep > running. > ------------------------------ > From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> > Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 6:32:52 AM > To: Mag Tait <magtait1...> > Cc: April Deborah Campbell <adc14...>; <plynkny...> < > <plynkny...>; Janet Hinshaw <jhinshaw...>; BIRDERS@UMICH < > <birders...> > Subject: Re: [birders] Sharp Shinned Hawks > > She immediately flew back to the nest and didn't try to retrieve the > squirrel. > > Allen T. Chartier > Inkster, Michigan > Email: <amazilia3...> > Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/collections/ > Website/Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2025, 1:53 AM Mag Tait <magtait1...> wrote: > > Do you think it was just keeping the squirrel away from its nest or was > the squirrel too heavy for it? > > I still remember a few years ago when we had two juvenile and not yet very > smart Cooper’s Hawks nearby. They were sitting in a tree toward the end of > my street looking down , so I stopped to watch them. There were gray > squirrels close by and I watched the hawks take a couple of passes and > completely miss them. > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 5, 2025, at 2:24 PM, Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> wrote: > > > I watched a Cooper's Hawk snatch a Red Squirrel out of a pine tree about > 20 feet over my head. Another female at a nest 50-feet up, watched a Gray > Squirrel climbing her nest tree until it got too close and she flew down, > grabbed it, and flew straight away from the nest about 100 feet...and just > dropped the squirrel. > > Allen T. Chartier > Inkster, Michigan > Email: <amazilia3...> > Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/collections/ > Website/Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM 'April Deborah Campbell' via Birders < > <birders...> wrote: > > I was a bit confused by this account as well. It was my understanding that > Sharpies don’t do mammals (what about a shrew ?:) or nest around here. I > was thinking it’s more likely Lynn has Coops in her yard. I once watched a > female Coop snatch a rather large young rabbit on the fly, rip its head off > at the local plucking post and feed it to four, huge nestllings in a nest > located in a white pine. The boys get the chipmunks, It’s about all the > mammal they can handle. So some great raptors in Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica > last week. Humid and hot beyond belief. I much prefer the cloud forest. > > On Jun 4, 2025, at 5:35 PM, '<plynkny...>' via Birders < > <birders...> wrote: > > To all the Birders, > > Thanks for all the information about "my" hawks. We've had them in the > neighborhood for decades, but not this close to my yard. I'll just leave > the feathers where I found them and they'll get shredded by the lawn > mower. > > Lynn > > On Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 02:19:09 PM EDT, Janet Hinshaw < > <jhinshaw...> wrote: > > > Just a reminder, it is illegal to keep feathers, eggs, nests, bones, or > any body parts of any migratory birds, including raptors and owls. This is > for the birds’ protection since you can’t tell if you just picked up a > piece you found or if you killed the bird to get it. Look at it, enjoy it, > and leave it where you found it. > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM '<plynkny...>' via Birders < > <birders...> wrote: > > Thanks, Allen for your comments. > > I'm beginning to collect the shed, brown-striped primaries, the longest of > which is 9". The hawks still have vertical streaks on their breasts, > although they're changing wing color. Is it fair to assume that these > birds were hatched this spring? I first saw them the third week in April > as they were examining the old squirrel nests. > > Lynn > > On Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 06:31:13 PM EDT, Allen Chartier < > <amazilia3...> wrote: > > > Cooper's Hawks do hunt mammals. Sharp-shinned are too small, and generally > do not nest in the southern half of the Lower Peninsula. > > Allen T. Chartier > Inkster, Michigan > Email: <amazilia3...> > Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/collections/ > Website/Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ > > On Thu, May 29, 2025, 6:19 PM '<plynkny...>' via Birders < > <birders...> wrote: > > About an hour ago, one of the Sharp Shinned Hawks caught and ate a rabbit > kit whose ear measured 1.75" and skull, teeth to back, measured 2.5". > Based on fur in the neighbor's yard, it's obvious this wasn't a first. I > didn't realize they'd hunt mammals. > > Lynn > > -- > Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. 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