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  1. centrarchid

    Why would a hawk kill a chicken but not eat it?

    They are easier to distinguish in flight, but Cooper has coarser / shorter looking legs. To my eyes that bird has chunkier legs. Have never seen a Sharp-shinned even attempt to take an adult standard sized chicken. I have only seen them go after smaller outright chicks and it is a struggle even...
  2. centrarchid

    Why would a hawk kill a chicken but not eat it?

    The hawk can be driven off a fresh or even a partially consumed kill to resume eating. Most of time the hawk will return. Most people are in habit of removing carcass upon finding it making so they do not see what the hawk normally does. Hawks also loose a carcass from time to time because a...
  3. centrarchid

    Why would a hawk kill a chicken but not eat it?

    The hawk in question appears to be an immature Coopers Hawk.
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