{"id":1610,"date":"2013-02-14T09:28:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T14:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outdooredguys.wordpress.com\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2013-02-14T09:28:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T14:28:43","slug":"ground-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/2013\/02\/14\/ground-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we found a great story in the snow – the remains of a mourning dove that had been caught and eaten by a Cooper’s hawk.\u00a0 At first we noticed fox tracks, making the shallowest of impressions on the surface of the snow, then some scattered feathers, then “ground zero.”\u00a0 The fox was a red herring, it had just been sniffing out the scene.\u00a0 Hawks pluck the feathers from their prey before consuming the rest, and an adult male Cooper’s hawk has been very active here this winter.\u00a0 See our previous post, and photos of the Cooper’s Hawk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Evidence of a fox “mousing”<\/p><\/div>\n

Not to be outdone, though, the fox comes back into the picture further up the trail.\u00a0 It’s line of single tracks is broken by a jumble of prints, and a small hole dug into the snow.\u00a0 This is evidence of “mousing” when foxes leap up into the air for a better view of the ground and to provide a little extra oomph to their pounce. Still in the hole, a dead shrew, making me think we might have actually interrupted this hunting expedition.\u00a0 Would have been great to actually see a fox in the field!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we found a great story in the snow – the remains of a mourning dove that had been caught and eaten by a Cooper’s hawk.\u00a0 At first we noticed fox tracks, making the shallowest of impressions on the surface of the snow, then some scattered feathers, then “ground zero.”\u00a0 The fox was a red […]<\/p>\n

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