Worm-eating Hawks! Probably a new species for MD.
Bob Hartman
John McKitterick wrote:
> Some years ago, we had a pair of red-shouldered hawks nesting next door,
> and one year, they fledged two young hawks. After the two young hawks
> were old enough to hunt on their own, they were left alone by their
> parents. That particular summer was dry, but a rain one night had left
> the mulch wet under the tree outside my kitchen window. The following
> morning I saw the two young hawks scratching at the mulch. It took a
> while for me to figure out just what it was the hawks were doing, but I
> finally observed one of them eating a worm. The mighty hunters were
> hunting worms.
>
> John McKitterick
> Columbia, MD
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Bob Hartman <
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> A non-birder friend saw a hawk (apparently Red-shouldered from his
> description) digging in the ground. He never saw it catch anything.
> Any ideas about what it was going after?
>
> Bob Hartman
> Colesville/Silver Spring
>
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