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[LarryNTA@xxxxxxx]

I observed a dead accipiter along Massaponax Creek behind the Southpointe 
development in Fredericksburg yesterday.  From its size believe it was a 
Cooper's.  The head and part of the breast had been eaten.  It had been 
stripped of 
most of its breast and tail feathers which where laying around the carcass.  It 
was apparent that it had been fed on by an avian predator or scavenger.  I was 
wondering if the literature contains references to predation on accipiters by 
other raptor species.

                                            Larry Kline
                                           Fredericksburg, VA