Natural Foods of Accipitridae & Pandionidae (Hawks, Eagles, Osprey)
Other Birds Eaten
Common Family Name Eaten Bald
Eagle
Broad-winged
Hawk
Cooper's
Hawk
Golden
Eagle
Northern
Goshawk
Northern
Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk(*) Red-tailed
Hawk
Sharp-shinned
Hawk
Blackbirds     Grackles
Meadowlarks
Other Blackbirds
Meadowlarks Grackles
Meadowlarks
Other Blackbirds
Meadowlarks
Other Blackbirds
Meadowlarks
Other Blackbirds
Grackles
Meadowlarks
Orioles
Cowbirds
Grackles
Meadowlarks
Orioles
Other Blackbirds
Cormorants                
Creepers                
Finches & Sparrows   Sparrows Sparrows
Towhees
  Sparrows Cardinalsx
Sparrows
Towhees
Sparrows Juncos
Sparrows
Sparrows
Towhee
Flycatchers   Phoebes             Flycatchers
Grebes                
Gulls & Terns Gulls                
Hawks     Small Hawks Northern Goshawks
Red-tail
Small Hawks Kestrels Kestrels    
Herons & Bitterns     Least Bittern Great Blue   Bitterns
Green Heron
     
Jays & Crows     Jays Crows Crows
Jays
  Crows Crows Jays
Kingfishers                
Kinglets                

Larks               Horned Horned
Loons                
Nuthatches                        
Owls     Screech Short-eared Small Olws Screech Screech Screech  
Pigeons & Doves     Doves Pigeons Doves
Pigeons
Doves Mourning Doves Doves Doves
Plovers                
Rails, Coots & Gallinules Coots         Coots
Rails
Rails Gallinules
Rails
 
Sandpipers     Snipes Curlews Snipes Sandpipers
Snipes
Woodcocks
Woodcocks   Sandpipers
Starlings                
Swifts                
Thrushes & Thrashers   Thrushes
Thrashers
Catbirds
Robins
Thrashers
Other Thrushes
Thrushes Robins Bluebirds
Catbirds
Mockingbirds
Robins
Thrashers
Other Thrushes
Robins Bluebirds
Robins
Other Thrushes
Bluebirds
Catbirds
Mockingbirds
Robins
Thrashers
Other Thrushes
Titmice                 Chickadees
Vireos                        
Warblers   Ovenbirds Warblers (few)     Warblers     Warblers
Waterfowl Ducks
Geese
  Ducks Ducks
Geese
Teals Ducks   Pintails
Teals
 
Woodpeckers   Flickers Flickers
Woodpeckers
  Woodpeckers Flickers Flickers Woodpeckers Woodpeckers
Wrens              
Notes:
  1. * Birds not oten taken
  2. A indicates a bird family eaten
Information compiled using Arthur Cleveland Bent's Life Histories Series


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