Generally, young birds of the accipiter family always take things too large.
Since they're aggressive by nature, as youngens, they think they can take
anything, and will sometimes end up with something they wished they didn't
catch! :)

Blake Iverson
Arlington, WA
coopershwk at hotmail.com






>From: "Paul Webster" <paul.webster at attbi.com>
>Reply-To: paul.webster at attbi.com
>To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Sharpies
>Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 03:58:00 -0800
>
>Sharpies are pretty well-known for attacking larger birds. There's even an
>anecdote I ran across that one attacked a Black-crowned Night Heron and
>knocked it out of the air, but the outraged squawking of the heron made the
>little hawk break off the attack. That story sounds apocryphal to me, but
>does justice to the feisty nature of these birds.
>
>The largest prey found in a 1984 survey was a Ruffed Grouse.
>
>And in Michigan a female was captured in 1969 that had three porcupine
>quills embedded in its foot.
>
>Paul Webster
>Seattle
>paul.webster at attbi.com
>


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