Hawks In Frederick, Colorado
By V. Martin
Ever since the forest fires back in 2019 we have been home to a couple of hawks that have attempted to raise their young. Unfortunately, two of their babies came to violent ends. This I know because I came upon their carcasses and feathers. At the time I didn’t know it s illegal to have hawk feathers so I collected as many as I could. The parents watched from across the street as I did this. My heart went out to them and their loss but not enough for me to leave the feathers alone. I have to admit that I am not always the sharpest pencil in the box.
I had been collecting feathers from around town for over ten years and these feathers were really cool. I would never hurt or kill an animal for its feathers or carcasses. I love animals, especially birds. I miss all their chirps and chatter waking me up in the morning, now there isn’t enough of them to drowned out the traffic noise. Not only did I find feathers but part of the skeleton so I know it was dead but how it died is a mystery.
We do have some eagles that hunt in the area but would they kill and eat a hawk? Maybe they killed it and a cat ate it? I have no idea. We also have several crows and/or ravens around town but again would they eat a hawk? I wish I knew because I would like our hawks to have babies. They so want to but something is killing and eating their hatchlings.
If anyone knows more about this please leave in the comments.
Thank you.
