[borrowed from Cornell, photographed/copyrighted by Gerrit Vyn] |
The most common are black or grey squirrels, redpolls, sparrows, morning doves, cardinals, wood peckers and the occasional possum, pheasant or rabbit.
In trying to identify my bird of prey from yesterday, I came across two websites which were helpful. I a sure there are very more, but I only have SO much time to indulge in web surfing per day. The better one was from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and can be reached here. Another good one is a more local page from the Illinois Raptor Center. It has some good explanations, but does not have all the bells and whistles of the Cornell page.
The way in which I think this fits with the "Don't mess with me (or my friends)" theme is that even though the hawk was outnumbered at least 10:1, as soon as announced its presence the other birds undoubtedly knew who was the boss!
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