20 Questions (3 Viewers)

[Nutcracker]

11 Does it often hunt at night?

 

[lou salomon]

no

 

[Maëlle]

12 Would it be usual to find it around a Haliaeetus sp and a carrion, trying to grab pieces

 

[lou salomon]

12 no. i wouldn't exclude this behaviour totally but it is highly unlikely and maybe only if the bird is very hungry. not at all usual though.

 

[Nutcracker]

13 does it use a tomial 'tooth' on its bill to help kill its prey?

 

[lou salomon]

13. yes :t: for most of its prey it isn't needed though.

 

[Nutcracker]

Reet, Falconidae, minus mammal-hunting kestrels and small, mainly insect-eating species . . .

14 Does it stoop at high speed on avian prey?

(to split out Polyborinae)

 

[lou salomon]

Polyborinae excluded but to be precise: stooping at high speed on avian prey is not a usual behaviour of it!

 

[lou salomon]

minus ...and small, mainly insect-eating species . . .

- if you mean the small falconets, yes.

:smoke:

 

[lou salomon]

something seems to have been gone wrong with this quizz. where's the dead end? i thought with question 13 and nutcracker's correct conclusion in post 867 ('Falconidae, minus mammal-hunting kestrels and small, mainly insect-eating species . . .') there is a direct way towards the result. as for nut's geographical attempts - it was indeed hard to accept that meta-question about 'fear of attac'

 

[Nutcracker]

I found your (before editing) replies a bit obscure! And was also waiting to let someone else have a turn at posting. My "small, mainly insect-eating species" was also to count out the likes of Lesser Kestrel, Red-footed & Amur Falcons, and suchlike, as well as falconets.

But anyway, if high speed stoops are less usual . . . 15: Merlin?

 

[lou salomon]

hm, not sure how you count all those out.
but i get it, that 14. about stooping at high speed wasn't answered. stooping yes, but only occasional and short stoops, usual feeding habits are different!

 

[foresttwitcher]

Is it thought to 'store' incapacitated live prey for feeding to it's young?

 

[lou salomon]

no, not that i have heard/read about.

 

[lou salomon]

reread post 866 and you'll find the mistake.
and maybe answer no. 5 mislead you too: i said yes. but in fact preys the size of a mouse are rare for this species.
am i wrong in thinking that if you ask me if they take prey the size of a mouse or bigger and they occasionally do, my answer would be yes?

 

[Nutcracker]

This thread seems to be dying!

I'll try 16: Aplomado Falcon

 

[lou salomon]

I'll try 16: Aplomado Falcon

nope.
i think you suggested that the smaller, insect eating falcons don't have a tomial tooth? i was looking through some images and it's there. and this sp. would never stoop at a bird in the manner of an aplomado falcon! - since we have 4 Q. left o

 

[Nutcracker]

nope.
i think you suggested that the smaller, insect eating falcons don't have a tomial tooth? i was looking through some images and it's there. and this sp. would never stoop at a bird in the manner of an aplomado falcon! - since we have 4 Q. left o

Nope, that the smaller, insect-eating falcons don't hunt vertebrates that are mouse-size or larger . . . not quite the same

 

[lou salomon]

some of them do...:smoke: - occasionally

 

[Nutcracker]

OK! Guess I misinterpreted Q.5 as "Does it mainly hunt prey bigger/or of the size of mice?" but it is really "Does it ever hunt prey bigger/or of the size of mice?"