Videos by Robert and Hunter Desportes, of local wildlife, mostly from automated camera from around the Cabin Branch creek area of south-eastern Richland County, South Carolina.
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Thanks for watching and for the comment, much appreciated! I do have a long version of this one. It's over 20 minutes. I will work on it and eventually post it and dedicate it to you.
You're right, I should have called it something like "Pre-ballooning Spiderlings". One day I want to get the actual ballooning. Please stay tuned and thanks for watching the video!
We have neighbors w/ a pond and a beaver problem. For over 20 years April and I have been looking for the beavers, but they're shy. And nocturnal, it seems.
Around here, beavers probably need to be shy, since most pond owners seem to hate them! I'm trying to live with the ones around here, as it's usually not that hard to clear their debris from the drains. They are persistent though!
The Red Shouldered Hawk was making it easy for the crows to bite into the fish now that the scales and skin are ripped apart! But even the hawk struggled as well! It did appear that the hawk seemed unsure of what type of prey he was eating. I think he'll start enjoying it more once he returns to find another fish head! If a vulture arrives before the hawk though, it'll be eaten without a single piece left!
Thanks for your observations!And yes once the turkey vultures discover the food they finish it off fairly quickly. Usually though, the vultures don't discover the food until its developed a strong odor which the turkey vultures can smell.
The Red Shouldered Hawk that came to eat your fish was actually a juvenile! He was looking up and down as if he knows he's being watched! Oh he definitely knew he was being watched alright! It does seem like he didn't much interest in the fish, otherwise, he would have taken it with him upon flying off! Sometimes Red Shouldered Hawk do catch fish! It does actually happen! Maybe he just preferred that fish to be a little fresher!
Thanks for your observations! And yes the hawk didn't really seem all that interested in eating the fish. There wasn't much meat on that fish head, and it wasn't all that fresh either. If the hawk had tried, he couldn't fly off with the head though, as it was nailed down.
Nailing the fish is a smart thing to do, that way it all gets within the camera's view. I know vultures are known to drag their food because they are trying to prevent others from eating it! As far as just eating the head goes, a hawk can't be too picky! As long as the food is convenient and he's in a safe area, then lunch is served!
