[texbirds] Re: Ospreys on UTC
- From: "Judy Kestner" <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:31:15 -0500
As for whether an Osprey is taking birds for lunch, I have observed an
Osprey hunting over a small pond filled with Redhead ducks and the ducks
were not in the least bit alarmed or frightened by the predator just over
their heads.
Somehow they knew they were not in danger, I presume. There was no interest
whatsoever displayed by the ducks in the Osprey.
Judy Kestner
Calallen (NW Corpus Christi)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Heath" <sheath@xxxxxxxx>
To: "texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 4:30 PM
Subject: [texbirds] Ospreys on UTC
> 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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