Lee and Tweeters,

Several years ago I saw a Red-tailed Hawk standing on the carcass of a Trumpeter Swan and presumably eating it. Since the swan was considerably larger than the hawk, I assume that the hawk found the swan dead.

Barry Ulman
Bellingham, WA.


On Jan 24, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Lee Rentz wrote:

> While driving through the Skokomish Reservation yesterday, my wife spotted a hawk feeding on the roadside. I turned around and went back, but couldn't linger at that place because of traffic. It appeared to be a Red-tailed Hawk feeding on a long-dead carcass of a Coyote. I have never before observed a Red-Tail feeding on carrion, and wonder if my identification could be wrong; is there another Buteo that is a carrion-eater?
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