[birdky] Robin eating rodent - not KY
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- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:37:38 -0400
I just returned from a backpacking trip in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming
(where I saw some interesting high-elevation birds), but one of the stranger
sights was an American Robin we saw hopping along the trail in front of us
who seemed to be struggling with a large prey item. We stopped to watch as
the bird put his prey on the ground and pecked at it.my initial thought was
"wow, that must be a really huge caterpillar." Then I got a good look
through binoculars and discovered Mr. Robin had himself a small mouse or
shrew.a little gray animal with four little paws and a long tail.
Has anyone seen this behavior before? Would a robin kill a rodent, or just
be lucky enough to happen upon one that was already dead?
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