A sharp shinned hawk had just killed a female cardinal and was vigorously plucking at the breast feathers when I rounded the corner and saw it in my driveway. Wary, but determined, it continued plucking for a few seconds until two crows flew in, cawing, eager to participate in the meal. The sharpie flew into the little ravine a few feet away, with the dead bird, but lost it to the crow. The crow flew off, the cardinal firmly grasped in it's toes. The sharpie remained in the place where it lost it's meal, moving around, perhaps looking for nonexistent scraps. Inga Schmidt chagrin river road, geauga/cuy co line ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]