Lunch time show

[urbpan]

A hawk killed a squirrel outside our office window this weekend. My coworker watched a titmouse pick bits of frozen meat off the carcass. Today the titmouse was chased off by a bluejay, who gorged on bits of icy rodent. Just now I watched another squirrel observe the jay for a few minutes before chasing the bird away from his friend's cold body. Then he tucked in and started eating.

Just as I finished writing that, Sarah Ferenstein, the red-tailed hawk featured in several recent photos, landed at the site and flew away with the cannibalized corpse. Then the titmice returned to pick at the bloody snow.

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[urbpan.livejournal.com]

We'll have to settle this by providing a birdfeeder full of titmouse meat and see who comes to eat from it.