Thanks for the "posted mortem". Bob Woodley and Ruth Fischer were at the
yard and were commenting on the sharpie that was lunching. Mike Senny went
to look and found the beak and rosy feathers.

At 04:07 PM 12/12/98 -0800, you wrote:
>The final score is:
>Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
>Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0
>
>The College Place (near Walla Walla) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1st winter
> bird) was eaten by a Sharpie about 2 pm this afternoon (Saturday Dec 12).
> Bloody feathers and mandible are available for inspection. Burping Sharpie
>was seen flying north.
>
>If "heard birds" count, how about "eaten birds"?
>
>
>Jim
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