No stats but I have had to stop my jeep, get out the stuck shovel and scoop
up road kill, tossing it well to the side of the road because an immature
Red Tail without any traffic savvy stood in the road to enjoy his brunch
without fear of becoming road kill itself.



Deb of Ray & Deb Fame

Robe Valley in Washington

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From: Steve Ellis

Date: 01/31/06 09:32:04

To: Tweeters

Subject: [Tweeters] Re Red-tailed Hawks & Carrion



I once saw an immature Red-tailed Hawk feeding on a road killed deer near

Colville Washington. Twice I've seen adult RTHA on salmon carcasses but then

again it might be easier to list birds that don't take advantage of salmon

protein when it is abundant ( We found Golden-crowned Kinglets feeding on a

20-25lb Chinook on a gravel bar on the Skagit River). Perhaps someone else

can supply statistics concerning the percentage of carrion in hawk diets. I

would guess it's fairly low.

Steve Ellis

sellis at coup.wednet.edu

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