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Ripped Out of the Sky

May 11, 2014 11:51 PM in Birds, Top Posts { 4 comments }

Cooper’s Hawk with downed black-headed grosbeak

If he grabs you, better keep real still

A loud whomp against the window glass usually means a bird, so I got up to look outside. The trick is to find the unconscious feathered missile before the cat does and move it to a safe place; if its neck isn’t broken, the victim usually revives and flies away. That wasn’t the case with [...]

Tags: black-headed grosbeak, Cooper’s hawk, death, raptors

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