MAMMAL-EATING BIRDS

Eating like a bird means different things to different birds. Here is a look at a few outstanding examples.

Barn Owl

mouse in talons flying

Barn Owl      Tyto alba

USA; California, Ventura Co.

Barn Owl

carrying mouse

Barn Owl      Tyto alba

USA; Texas, Lake Corpus Christi, Nueces Co.

Barn Owl

adult feeding mouse to nestling

Barn Owl      Tyto alba

USA; Oregon, Portland

Common Buzzard

eating rabbit

Common Buzzard      Buteo buteo

United Kingdom; England, Cheshire

Eastern Screech-Owl

adult and chicks with mouse, Peromyscus

Eastern Screech-Owl      Megascops asio

Northern Harrier

In flight carrying a mouse

Northern Harrier      Circus cyaneus

USA; Wyoming, Bitter Creek, Sweetwater Co.

Northern Hawk Owl

mouse in bill ready to deliver to fledgling

Northern Hawk Owl      Surnia ulula

USA; Montana, Glacier National Park

Northern Hawk Owl

eating prey, rodent

Northern Hawk Owl      Surnia ulula

Northern Saw-whet Owl

catching White-footed Mouse; Peromyscus

Northern Saw-whet Owl      Aegolius acadicus

Northern Shrike

with mouse in bill; on snowy fence post

Northern Shrike      Lanius excubitor

USA; Washington, Okanogan County

Red-billed Hornbill

mouse in bill

Red-billed Hornbill      Tockus erythrorhynchus

Botswana, Okavango Delta

Red-tailed Hawk

eating rabbit

Red-tailed Hawk      Buteo jamaicensis

USA; Illinois, Chicago, Montrose Beach

Red-tailed Hawk

Pale Male with rat in talons

Red-tailed Hawk      Buteo jamaicensis

USA; New York, Central Park NYC

Short-eared Owl

with vole in bill, rodent, mouse

Short-eared Owl      Asio flammeus

Snowy Owl

taking off with rabbit prey in talons

Snowy Owl      Bubo scandiacus

USA; Illinois, Montrose Point

Snowy Owl

with rodent at nest with young, lemming

Snowy Owl      Bubo scandiacus

Russia, Kolyma, Siberia

Whistling Kite

on rabbit

Whistling Kite      Haliastur sphenurus

Australia; Victoria, Lake Linlithgow