There are both Juncos, as well as Towhees and squirrels under my feeders.
They are often feeding there at the same time, and so far I haven't noticed
the birds leave in the squirrels presence, or see the squirrels go after
the birds.
Linda, Fanno Creek
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Gerard Lillie <gerardlillie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Last spring I stepped out of the house and saw an eastern type squirrel
walking away with a junco in its mouth. I don't know if the junco died
first and the squirrel found it or if the squirrel captured it, I would
guess the former. It climbed up a large big-leaf maple and out of sight so
I don't know if it dined on the bird or not. It was a surprise to me as I
have never seen a squirrel with a bird before.
Gerard Lillie
Portland, OR
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*Subject:* [obol] Re: Squirrel eats bird
Several years ago I took some photos of Beechy Ground-Squirrels feeding on
a Rock Dove that had been run over by a car in the parking lot of a park in
southern California. I have also seen Western Gray Squirrels at a turkey
carcass in the middle of the road near our home here in south Eugene. How
much they actually ate, I'm not sure because they had to continually run to
avoid on-coming cars.
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On Apr 12, 2017, at 9:01 AM, "woodenapple@xxxxxxxx" <woodenapple@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
and looking out into our N. Eugene/Santa Clara-area backyard, a
Obolists,
Word of warning for the squeamish: The following isn't breakfast fare.
Just a few minutes ago, around 8:30 a.m., while I was drinking my coffee
Yellow-rumped Warbler struck our glass sliding door with enough force to
kill itself on impact. Within a couple of minutes, before I had a chance to
remove the remains, one of our resident red squirrels came up and inspected
the dead bird. After just a couple of sniffs, it proceeded to consume the
entire head with me watching from less than two meters away! I was curious
how much of the bird the squirrel would eat but am unable to report this
since it ran off with the rest of its prize.
actually observed any carnivorous behavior until now. I don't know whether
I've heard reports of squirrels consuming nestlings, but I'd never
it's noteworthy that the behavior was as a scavenger rather than predatory.
Rudi
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