tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post7228646756779439066..comments2023-12-02T03:25:00.936-05:00Comments on beginning to bird: Raptorama!dguzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-25879399235311724262007-12-17T10:14:00.000-05:002007-12-17T10:14:00.000-05:00Your theory works for me. Probably their prey sta...Your theory works for me. Probably their prey stays hidden away on cold icy days so they may not have many choices.pissed off patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854364015577541981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-49617083012048770132007-12-17T09:06:00.000-05:002007-12-17T09:06:00.000-05:00Susan, thanks for the Chimp info! Glad the raptors...Susan, thanks for the Chimp info! Glad the raptors are such good hunters.<BR/><BR/>DCup--cool for Mathman! Horrifying, but cool.<BR/><BR/>Larry--it was pretty cool. It happens every once in a while, because I have such a long drive through open valley every morning.dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-79860372926242374782007-12-17T00:28:00.000-05:002007-12-17T00:28:00.000-05:00Maybe it depends on how big the meal is. Nice that...Maybe it depends on how big the meal is. Nice that you saw so many raptors in one day though!Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17955054342034509500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-57756357004375831632007-12-16T22:24:00.000-05:002007-12-16T22:24:00.000-05:00Tag, you're it, Delia!Tag, you're it, Delia!Susan Gets Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-42727777047178622212007-12-16T22:08:00.000-05:002007-12-16T22:08:00.000-05:00I'm curious, too. It seems like I'm seeing more ra...I'm curious, too. It seems like I'm seeing more raptors in our area right now, too. Maybe I'm just noticing them, but I'm not sure....<BR/><BR/>MathMan got some video of a hawk eating a squirrel the other day . Very cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-38560193964858783472007-12-14T23:09:00.000-05:002007-12-14T23:09:00.000-05:00Delia:The colder it is, the more food a bird needs...Delia:<BR/>The colder it is, the more food a bird needs. They used stored fat in their bodies to keep their body temps up. So they can get by on very little for a day or two. But when their fat stores get used up, they have to eat or they die.<BR/><BR/>A red-tailed hawk would usually eat 3 mice a day. (That's on a good day)<BR/>A Cooper's hawk needs one good sized bird or a few small mice.<BR/>A nesting pair of barn owls with six young may consume more than 1000 mice during a three month nesting period. (That's just for fun...they are WAY better at rodent control than traps.)<BR/><BR/>(Owls will also cache food during times of plenty, in trees, in their nest, etc. In the winter, some owls have been observed "incubating" their cached food, to thaw it out!)<BR/>It's all the Circle of Life...when the weather is bad, the mice may not come out, and the raptors don't eat. When the weather's good, everyone comes out to eat and so do the raptors.<BR/>And there's always road-kill and dead animals in the woods. All birds are opportunistic, and raptors are no exception. <BR/>Don't worry about your birds of prey. They can handle it.Susan Gets Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-79011411880311904772007-12-14T13:11:00.000-05:002007-12-14T13:11:00.000-05:00Oh, and the bunny face is sweet - ahhhhhhh.Oh, and the bunny face is sweet - ahhhhhhh.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-13145393198721058942007-12-14T13:10:00.000-05:002007-12-14T13:10:00.000-05:00I'll be check back to see the answers. I'd like t...I'll be check back to see the answers. I'd like to know.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-81374863052847493132007-12-14T12:15:00.000-05:002007-12-14T12:15:00.000-05:00I'm curious as well!I'm curious as well!Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01779259600485125169noreply@blogger.com