Rattlesnake catches Towhee - Douglas

[Hugh Kingery]

    During lunch today, Urling saw something snap at a ground-feeding Spotted Towhee. Several other towhees and a couple of White-crowned Sparrows perched in plum and oak bushes to see what had happened.

    We went over to inspect and found a large rattlesnake starting to consume a dead towhee. It rattled convincingly. In about an hour it started slithering up our lawn to the cliffs above. It measured at least three feet in length.

    We haven't seen this kind of action before -- a bit disconcerting when it happens right under your bird feeders.

    Earlier in the morning Urling heard, but didn't see, Sandhill Cranes moving south.

Hugh & Urling

[Jim Tyler]

I live in Roxborough Village and one day my neighbor asked me to help him relocate a rattlesnake in his backyard. His house backed up to the hogback and he had low-growing Junipers up against the fence. He went out to fill the bird feeder, located at the edge of the Junipers, and looked down to find a rattlesnake between his sandaled feet, swallowing a House Finch.

The rattlesnake was safely relocated.

Jim Tyler

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