[Birdtalk] RUFF eaten by Prairie Falcon???

[Bryant Olsen]

I didn't see anything but, its natural for a predator to look for anything unusual or out of the ordinary. It's their way of always testing the possibilities and an unusual bird might actually have a much greater chance of being eaten by a predator than just any individual, random "normal" bird. Imagine if you were a Falcon cruising the Great Salt lake trying to decide which of thousands of killdeer or Horned Larks to eat next, then you see a strange looking bird that behaves a little different, naturally you would check it out BECAUSE it stands out from the thousands of other birds. Just a thought.
Good Birding
Bryant Olsen

--- On Sat, 1/3/09, tanager at timaverybirding.com <tanager at timaverybirding.com> wrote:
From: tanager at timaverybirding.com <tanager at timaverybirding.com>
Subject: Re: [Birdtalk] RUFF eaten by Prairie Falcon???
To: "STEPHEN T CARLILE" <carlilest at msn.com>, "Utah Birds" <birdtalk at utahbirds.org>
Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 9:47 PM

 Remembre, there were initially 2 RUFF so whether or not the report is true, it is completely resonanle for the other bird to still be present!

Cheers 

Tim Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerryFrom:  "STEPHEN T CARLILE" 
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 21:45:27 -0700
To: <tanager at timaverybirding.com>; Utah Birds<birdtalk at utahbirds.org>
Subject: Re: [Birdtalk] RUFF eaten by Prairie Falcon???
I don't know about the timing of the report, but I say the/a Ruff alive and  well at around 4:30 p.m. this afternoon. thanks,. Stephen   ----- Original Message -----    From: tanager at timaverybirding.com       To: Utah    Birds    Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 9:14    PM   Subject: [Birdtalk] RUFF eaten by Prairie    Falcon???   
I received a Voicemail this evening indicating that at least    one person viewed a Prairie Falcon apparently taking the RUFF at the causeway    today and then eating it on the ice while they watched!  Has anyone else    heard about this?

Brings back memories of a Peregrine Falcon almost    taking a jaeger at Willard Bay in 2005. Also reminds me of a story a friend    from Indiana told me about going to look for a Purple Sandpiper on Lake    Michigan only to find a Peregrine stopped on a bird and the only thing visible    were a pair of vibrant orange legs, presumably of the bird they had hoped to    see!

Cheers 

Tim 

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