{"id":2303,"date":"2009-02-22T16:38:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T21:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2010-01-16T12:53:43","modified_gmt":"2010-01-16T17:53:43","slug":"red-shouldered-hawk-snacks-on-marsh-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=2303","title":{"rendered":"Red-Shouldered Hawk Snacks on Marsh Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Red-Shouldered Hawk with Marsh Mouse Lunch<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

That $30M earmark in the Stimulus\u00c2\u00a0Package wouldn’t have saved this unfortunate marsh mouse.\u00c2\u00a0 The mouse\u00c2\u00a0lived 2700 miles east of\u00c2\u00a0San Francisco and the red-shouldered hawk wouldn’t have cared whether it was protected by the feds or not; which it wasn’t.\u00c2\u00a0 The hawk was simply\u00c2\u00a0hungry and the mouse bolted from its marsh hideaway at the precise wrong time.\u00c2\u00a0 End of story … for the mouse.<\/p>\n

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Hawk Strips Mouse Like Beef Jerky<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We visited Onset Beach on Saturday to investigate reports we received at last week’s Turtles Gone Wild<\/em><\/strong> presentation at the Wareham Free Library.\u00c2\u00a0 (See \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Turtles Gone Wild\u00e2\u20ac\u009d S.R.O. Hit at Wareham Free Library<\/a>).\u00c2\u00a0 We checked out the beach area where diamondback terrapin nesting was spotted last summer and continued our walk through scenic Onset village to enjoy the sunny afternoon.\u00c2\u00a0 As we walked along the high bank overlooking the harbor, we spotted a red-shouldered hawk swoop down into the marsh edge and return with talons firmly gripping a mouse.<\/p>\n

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Requiem for a Marsh Mouse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The hawk settled on a pine tree branch about 8 feet off the ground.\u00c2\u00a0 Clearly, this raptor’s hunger out-voted its fear because it allowed us to approach within 10 feet to document its feast.\u00c2\u00a0 Cleanly, efficiently,\u00c2\u00a0yet unhurriedly, the hawk devoured its prey with no regard for our presence.<\/p>\n

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Hawk Finishes Lunch Break<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Swallowing the last morsel, the hawk leisurely lifted its wings, caught the breeze and sailed into the bright blue sky to survey the marsh menu for dessert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Red-Shouldered Hawk with Marsh Mouse Lunch That $30M earmark in the Stimulus\u00c2\u00a0Package wouldn’t have saved this unfortunate marsh mouse.\u00c2\u00a0 The mouse\u00c2\u00a0lived 2700 miles east of\u00c2\u00a0San Francisco and the red-shouldered hawk wouldn’t have cared whether it was protected by the feds or not; which it wasn’t.\u00c2\u00a0 The hawk was simply\u00c2\u00a0hungry and the mouse bolted from its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[654],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2303"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3958,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2303\/revisions\/3958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}