Bunny for Breakfast! (And Dinner!)

[jeffrefrig]

Just think of the hundreds of children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and so on, that won't be eating your flowers because of that one hawk vs rabbit incident!
Reminds me of a joke that I can't repeat here...

 

[30-30remchester]

Living with wildlife is a way of life where I live. This was our uninvited guest yesterday morning. Picture taken from our livingroom window.

 

[yaktamer]

Marlin: "Here's Jim about to crawl into the Giant Condor's nest to count the eggs".

"Here's the mother Condor unexpectedly returning to the nest."

"The Giant Condor has amazing lift capabilities."

"We'll be right back after this message from our sponsor."

"And now we will watch Jim wrestle the man-eating crocodile while I sit at this desk and drink another martini. Go get him, Jim!"

 

[Onomea]

And this morning the prominently displayed rabbit carcass is gone. No carcass, no hawk, no nothin'. Maybe load lightened, the hawk flew off with it? Coyote? Bobcat? Neighbor's dog? Deviant Canada goose or duck?

I went out for a closer look, but the lawn, flowerbeds, and under the perimeter bushes are clean as a whistle.

Nuthin' to see here folks!

i appreciate this as I was not looking forward to cleaning the mess up.

Yesterday, throughout the day, we noted the absence of the usual songbirds in the garden, and of the squirrels that habitually run along the top of the fences — knowing I won't blast 'em with my BB gun if they stay out of my yard — and into the neighbors' trees

I bet they venture back today.

 

[SMSgt]

All my tree-hugging, bunny-loving, urban-northern-reject neighbors would be screaming bloody hell about getting rid of the hawk. I had one destroy a duck in my back yard. Too bad for the duck, but like mentioned above, hawk's gotta eat too.

 

[Nevada Ed]

Many years ago, we had a hen mallard make a nest in out back yard
at the base of a rose bush.

I had to add some "Lumber" around it to keep the dogs away from the nest
but it did not stop them from keeping an eye out for her.

She ended up having eight chicks.

 

[DWalt]

Even though they are not predators, buzzards are excellent eaters. impressive to watch a flock of buzzards make short work of a road kill deer.

 

[Onomea]

My wife commented that the hawk was such a fastidious, tidy eater. No mess left at all. Not even fur or hair. (As noted above, maybe something else retrieved what remained of the carcass.) If it'd been crows, the yard would've been trashed.

 

[Thiokol]

Despite perching on one of my feeders and on my rear deck, these guys keep the rodent population down but don't seem to affect the bird population too much.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I live close to the Great Miami River. The county and city have done well in curbing over development along its banks. There are many wooded parks and preserves that give sanctuary to birds of prey.

To date I have seen few squirrels and no rabbits.

 

[Jack Flash]

Nature is not a Disney Movie.

 

[SMSgt]

Even though they are not predators, buzzards are excellent eaters. impressive to watch a flock of buzzards make short work of a road kill deer.

Yet they won't touch a dead buzzard.

 

[Peak53]

Nature is not a Disney Movie.

Well...remember what happened to Bambi's pa

 

[soFlaNative]

We had herons raiding the goldfish pond

Descended from dinosaurs? I can believe it, birds are brutal.
Impressive watching a heron stalking the shallows, very deliberate until the lightning strike. I watched a great white gobble a couple ducklings after softening them up by flinging them into the rip rap shoreline.

Nature is not a Disney Movie.