[texbirds] Re: Ospreys on UTC
- From: "Frank Bumgardner" <fbumgardner@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <fcndc@xxxxxxxx>, <sheath@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 17:20:22 -0500
Fred and Sue
While working as a federal park ranger I have seen Ospreys take some fairly
large snakes with no problem. Some of these snakes were large enough to have
considerable weight. Flying with them didn't seem to be any problem.
Frank Bumgardner
China Spring, TX
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Subject: [texbirds] Re: Ospreys on UTC
I would think a N Harrier could and of course a Bald Eagle that often take
coots and grebes.
Fred Collins
Waller, TX
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On Jun 29, 2013, at 4:30 PM, "Susan Heath" <sheath@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All,
>
> Yesterday (6/28/13), my grad student and I observed an Osprey sitting on
> one of the poles on the south side of North Deer Island in West Galveston
> Bay. We have, on a number of occasions over the past few months, seen an
> Osprey sitting on a reef between the I-45 bridge and Texas City in
> Galveston Bay eating a prey item. I confess I haven't paid much attention
> to these birds. I have been wondering whether an Osprey would take a young
> bird as a prey item though. I have only ever seen them with fish but I
> received a report from a fisherman that he found the carcass of one of our
> banded oystercatcher chicks on the railroad tracks that run across Jones
> Bay. This was clearly the result of an avian predator sitting on the
> elevated tracks to eat as they oystercatcher chick would not have been in
> that location. I have wracked my brain to figure out what sort of avian
> predator could take a fledged oystercatcher chick (nearly as large as an
> adult) and fly away with it to the railroad tracks in the summer. In
> winter, I'd say Peregrine Falcon but in the summer, I just don't know.
> Thoughts?
>
> Sue
>
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