Big Red Eats A Starling On Cornell Hawks Cam – May 21, 2018

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Channel: Cornell Lab Bird Cams · 2018 · Pets & Animals

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Big Red provides a good example of how an adult Red-tailed Hawk typically consumes the birds they catch as prey. Whereas small mammals are often swallowed whole, birds are generally beheaded, plucked, and eaten. 

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A Red-tailed Hawk pair has been nesting above Cornell University’s athletic fields since at least the 2012, making use of two different light towers for their nest sites. In 2012 and 2015, they used a tower near Fernow Hall, and in 2013, 2014, and 2016, they used the tower nearest Weill Hall. We installed cameras at both of these sites to get a better look at the intimate behavior of these well-known birds as they raise their young amid the bustle of a busy campus.

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