Tweeters;
A duck hunter at work asked me a question I thought I'd forward. He was out
in the grain fields on the Samish Flats and came across a freshly killed
Pintail. It was very early in the morning and the duck had a full crop. We
concluded it was picked off the night before and he wanted to know the
likely predator. I thought a Great Horned Owl could easily take a duck but
what about a Short-eared or Snowy? Aren't they both diurnal? I remember Bud
Anderson telling us that Falcons will hunt at night if they can't hunt
during the day without getting ripped off by bigger raptors. Any thoughts
out there in tweeterland?

Tracee Geernaert
tracee at iphc.washington.edu
International Pacific Halibut Commission
PO Box 95009
Seattle, WA 98145-2009