Subject: Re: Hawk food
Date: May 30 08:12:51 1997
From: ravenn at premier1.net - ravenn at premier1.net


I've observed Northern Harriers hunting for rodents in fields and
pulling one out of the long grass but I have also observed them eating
small ducks. Several times I have checked out remains of prey after
flushing one from around the Everett Sewage Ponds and they have had
Green Winged Teal or some other duck I could not identify.

Yvonne Bombardier
Everett, Wa

> At 02:12 PM 5/27/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >On Tue, 27 May 1997, Sue Ericksen wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Marsh Hawk/Harrier 41% small birds, 33% rodents, 3% insects
> >
> >Amazing. I would have thought harriers were way too slow to snag a bird.
> >
> >Kelly Cassidy -- Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
> >Box 357980, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
> >kelly at u.washington.edu --- 206-685-4195 --- 206-368-8076
> >
>
> I agree. They cruise the pasture next door looking for rodents. I've not
> observed them chasing birds.
>
> Sue