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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