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Sorry if this is a tad gruesome. Found these under the feeder.
What species of bird did they belong to, and which species of bird was the likely predator?
8 comments
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Blue Jay/ Coopers
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I think it was a mourning Dove. Since Mourning Doves tend to sit on the ground until the very last moment as danger approaches, that means the predator could have been anything from a fox, Coyote, or cat to various Raptors, including hawks and owls. I know that answer is kind of wishy washy so I will make an official guess of… Mourning Dove taken by a Cooper’s Hawk.
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Blue Jay!
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Bluejay / Sharp-shinned or Cooper’s Hawk
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I am going with blue jay and red tailed also.
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Blue jay feathers so something bigger got him perhaps a hawk?
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Looks like Bluejay feathers, perpetrator -Red-tailed Hawk.
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The victim was a rock dove/pigeon. The perpetrator is likely a sharp-shinned hawk. (?)
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8 comments
Julia
Blue Jay/ Coopers
Janet T
I think it was a mourning Dove. Since Mourning Doves tend to sit on the ground until the very last moment as danger approaches, that means the predator could have been anything from a fox, Coyote, or cat to various Raptors, including hawks and owls. I know that answer is kind of wishy washy so I will make an official guess of… Mourning Dove taken by a Cooper’s Hawk.
Deedee Burnside
Blue Jay!
Lim
Bluejay / Sharp-shinned or Cooper’s Hawk
Marianne Herrmann
I am going with blue jay and red tailed also.
Sally
Blue jay feathers so something bigger got him perhaps a hawk?
Joe K
Looks like Bluejay feathers, perpetrator -Red-tailed Hawk.
Pat W
The victim was a rock dove/pigeon. The perpetrator is likely a sharp-shinned hawk. (?)