Here on Little Cayman island we came upon a peregrine in the middle of the road munching on a cattle egret. It tried to take off with it but the egret was to heavy. It would not move. I got out of the truck and when it saw me it flew off. Got back in the truck and drove on. Looking back I saw the bird fly back in to finish lunch. On the same day on the other side of the island we ran into a Merlin who also had a catch that was too big to carry off. Deja vu. I know this isn't Ohio but thought it was interesting behavior. Sent from my iPad On Jan 18, 2012, at 7:33 PM, Paul Graham <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I was in Westerville early Monday afternoon Jan. 17th, so I stopped by > Inniswood to see if the Ovenbird was still hanging around -- no sign of it... > > On another note, I saw the most interesting thing that day down the street > from my house: A Cooper's Hawk had grabbed a Gray Squirrel and had it > pinned to the ground. I was able to stop and watch this epic struggle. The > hawk was not tearing at the squirrel -- just holding it down while it > fought back. Finally the hawk tried to lift off with it and couldn't -- so > dropped back down. After about another minute of looking around, the hawk > squawked and flew off without the squirrel. At that instant, a Red Tail hit > the squirrel (I didn't see it until it hit) and rolled it -- but didn't grab > it. The squirrel, no doubt wondering if this day could get any worse, sort > of ran/staggered to some bushes by this house and went up into them. > Meanwhile after the missed hit, the Red Tail perched in a Pin Oak about 20 feet > from me and the Cooper's flew back into a Crabapple about 75 feet away, > with both watching the bushes. After about 10 more minutes of them watching, > the Red Tail flew off and then I drove off. Never saw a Coopers try to > grab a full grown Gray Squirrel before -- anyone seen this? I know they > take Chipmunks and probably those small Red Squirrels, but a full grown Gray? > > Paul Graham > Worthington > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]