ML619304451
Contributor
Adam Burnett Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Stanford University--Escondido Village
Santa Clara, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
Observation details
I heard crows making lots of noise, then looked out the window and saw this bird getting mobbed heavily on the ground outside Escondite Cottage, with a crow in its talons. A couple minutes later, as I was leaving my apartment and headed to work, I saw this bird perched in a nearby oak, above Comstock Circle, starting to pluck and eat the crow, still getting mobbed as more and more crows flew in to join. I could see that the unfortunate crow was full-size and fully feathered, including fully developed flight feathers when I saw its wings splayed out. I couldn't tell for sure whether it was an adult or fledgling, but my photos show a fleshy gape, confirming that it is a fledgling.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX620 HS
- ISO
- 1600
- Focal length
- 70.4 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/250 sec
- Dimensions
- 2221 pixels x 1667 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.04 MB