Sounds more like the work of a Northern Shrike.....shrikes routinely impale their prey to store it before coming back to eat it.
----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Date: Monday, December 26, 2016 2:35 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Dead Chickadee impaled on a branch To: [email protected] > > > > > > > Hello,I am sorry if this is a little off topic. We have bird > feeders in our yard next to some privet bushes. We found a dead > chickadee impaled on one of the branches. We have a coopers hawk > stalking our feeders, would the hawk do that?Thanks for your > help.Tammie CareyDutchess County > > Sent from my LG Mobile > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
