Nature Done Wright

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January 20, 2018

Some Sad Raptor News

Got an email from a resident on Grey Avenue in Allendale on Sunday morning to report a dead hawk in the middle of her backyard.

I retrieved the young, unbanded hawk and showed it to Stiles Thomas and Bergen County Audubon president Don Torino. We believed it was a young Red-shoulder but weren't 100 percent sure. (Or in denial. Two of the Red-shoulders' previous nest sites are nearby.)

Deputy warden Gaby Schmitt took the bird to The Raptor Trust for an autopsy/necropsy in hopes of finding out the cause of death.

We have since learned that the I.D. was confirmed.

A necropsy should be performed this weekend. 

Will post the results after they have been confirmed.

Stiles does not think it was one of our local Red-shoulders because we do not think they nested successfully last spring  Any thoughts?

 

 

 

 

2 comments

  • Sue
    8 years ago Reply

    They sometimes ingest poison via prey. Example being mouse ingested poison (dcon, tomcat, etc.) in someone’s house and hawk ate mouse

  • Marianne Herrmann
    8 years ago Reply

    So sad to hear this. Could the recent spate of bad weather and storms have anything to do with it especially since it was young? I am hopeful that the spring will be a harbinger of new sightings of healthy Red-shoulder hawks.

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2 comments

  • Sue
    8 years ago Reply

    They sometimes ingest poison via prey. Example being mouse ingested poison (dcon, tomcat, etc.) in someone’s house and hawk ate mouse

  • Marianne Herrmann
    8 years ago Reply

    So sad to hear this. Could the recent spate of bad weather and storms have anything to do with it especially since it was young? I am hopeful that the spring will be a harbinger of new sightings of healthy Red-shoulder hawks.

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