In falconry, the bird of choice for hunting the Eastern Gray Squirrel is a female RTH for her powerful footing.
Clarence
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly McAllister
To: Terry Schulz ; tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Redtail catching Eastern Gray Squirrel at bird feeder


Clone that bird!
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Schulz
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:31 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Redtail catching Eastern Gray Squirrel at bird feeder


This morning my wife and I observed a mature Red- tailed Hawk
pluck a Eastern Gray Squirrel from our "squirrel proof" feeder.
The Squirrel was hanging upside down from the feeder in it's usual posture which enables it to pick seeds from the feeder without closing the gate. The hawk came out of no where and caught it's prey without losing a wing beat and then flew to a nearby perch clutching the prey for a couple of minutes before flying off.
Terry Schulz
Battle Ground, WA


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