Clark- Based solely on size I'd assume your pretty item was a Sharp shinned hawk. Feel free to email me the pic. Hawks in general don't have a problem feeding on each other when the opportunity presents itself. There's a good pic on the net of a Goshawk flying with a freshly killed Cooper's Hawk in its talons. Joseph Cala Willington

But is there *species-level* avoidance of "cannibalism"? I.e., do we have examples of Cooper's eating Cooper's? If a Merlin can take a bird as big as itself, will it take another Merlin? > On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:05 PM, Joseph Cala via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > Clark- > > Based solely on size I'd assume your pretty item was a Sharp shinned hawk. > Feel free to email me the pic. > > Hawks in general don't have a problem feeding on each other when the > opportunity presents itself. There's a good pic on the net of a Goshawk > flying with a freshly killed Cooper's Hawk in its talons. > > Joseph Cala > Willington > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org