[Tweeters] predation question

[Greg]

Blythe -
Your description is good even without the pictures. 
I might consider the possibility that the cause of death is unknown, and that some other critter came across the dead bird and fed on it. I have a strong sense that if it were killed by an accipiter, it would have been carried off for plucking and feeding. I had once noticed a Cooper’s (assumed) grasping a flicker in the open yard outside my condo. It was trying to drag the flicker out of the open to some nearby bushes. Sadly, I flushed the hawk off its prey by positioning myself for photos. The flicker, seemingly unscathed, bolted too. But if it had been killed, would the hawk have come back when I’d gone?

Lotsa little mysteries in the natural world! 

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> On Jan 30, 2024, at 6:20 PM, Blythe Horman <blythe.horman at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I have a few photos I can email anyone interested if that would be helpful. I can add a bit more description but wanted to be sensitive to the fact that some of us might find that disturbing. _______________________________________________

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