While walking yesterday returning along Magnolia Parkway from retention
ponds I encountered something I HAD never seen before. I saw a squirrel on
the ground being harassed by a Mockingbird and upon getting closer the
Mockingbird flew to the top of fence. As I got closer to squirrel under
the tree it was eating something that I thought was a spouting acorn but it
dropped it as I passed. Sprouts on acorn did not look right so I walked up
to base of tree and observed a headless baby bird. It was very windy and
don't know if the bird fell from a nest or squirrel had snatched it from a
nest. Baby bird could not have been over a couple of days old. Has anyone
else observed squirrels eating birds?
Andy Dietrich
Pearland, TX
