Red-tailed Hawk as Possible Enemy of Skunk

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Albert C. Hawbecker

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On February 13, 1938, I found dead at the roadside between Castroville and Monterey, California, a Western Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo borealis calurus). The cause of death was not ascertained, but the feathers of the bird’s breast and belly were soaked with the pungent musk (fluid) of skunk. Certainly the two animals had been close together, if not in contact; otherwise the feathers could hardly have been as thoroughly saturated as they were with musk.

340 Jefferson Street, Watsolrville, California, November 23, 1938

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Hawbecker, Albert C. (1939) "Red-tailed Hawk as Possible Enemy of Skunk," Condor: Vol. 41 : Iss. 2 , Article 14.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/condor/vol41/iss2/14