I suspect your right on the starling.... definitely a passerine and it is not
a "nestling"!! Hawks and falcons "plume" their prey removing all flight
feathers and most of the body feathers before bring it to the nest. Thus is an
adult bird that has been plumed! Not a chick.
Tom Erdman, Green Bay
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From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Tom Schultz
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 5:36 PM
To: jenthreat@xxxxxxxxx; Birders <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [wisb] Re: Cooper's Hawk prey
Jennifer, it's hard to be certain of the chick's ID due to the angle and
"damage", but I wonder if it might a baby starling? It appears to be pretty
young, and likely it was a nestling.
Tom Schultz
Green Lake Co.
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From: Jennifer Ambrose
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 5:05 PM
To: Birders
Subject: [wisb] Cooper's Hawk prey
A few of us watched two Cooper's Hawks at Lake Park yesterday. I was able to
get a close shot of the bird in the pic. I did not notice that it had prey. The
bird hadn't been acting like it was hunting. I wouldn't have intruded if I knew
it had dinner. I felt badly when I looked at my photos.
Anyway, the prey looks like a chick. Could it be a great horned owl chick?
Or would a Cooper's kill a rival male's chick?
Image:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/49427613@N03/26424624451/in/dateposted-public/
Thanks for any feedback.
--
Jennifer Ambrose
Bayview, Milwaukee County
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