Participant Photo: Sharp-shinned Hawk and former Dark-eyed Junco.
The sharpy tore through the feeders and grabbed the Junco and flew into the shrubs nearby (30′) and spent about 20 minutes, first removing the feathers and then converting the carcass to bite-sized pieces. ALL non-feather items were gone at the conclusion … feet, beak, skull … all of it.
Categories: Predatory birds
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