Community Chat

[Pezzie]

Something, I am assuming a hawk, nailed a rattlesnake in our front yard sometime in the morning or last evening, but we didn't notice anything  when we went out on our walk.   When we came home, as is our custom, we give the yard a once over, especially now that some cacti are blooming.  All of a sudden hubby stops and stares hard at something on the yard.

There was a severed head of a rattlesnake, the rattler is also severed in another part of the yard and then there's a chunk of the body in another part.  Totally unexpected and weird.  We are assuming it was a recent kill because of the flies.  

OMG, the smell was foul! Flies buzzing, it was gross. 
I took a couple of pics for our neighbor, and he said most likely hawk. 

[katiemichelle]

Sounds like Arizona.  i am in southeast Arizona, one day one of my dogs deposited a snake head at my feet.  I have seen hawks fly overhead carrying snakes!  We have a couple owls living close.  They can really make a mess in our yard whil enjoying their dinner.  Ugh!!

[cheriere]

@Pezzie 

Yuck!  I hate for anything to die, but in the case of a rattlesnake I'd be glad.  
Last summer, we had a similar situation except it turned out to be a large black snake.  I noticed it in the front yard under a tree.  This is gross too, but it had actually laid an egg.  I didn't even know they laid eggs.

I took a few pictures too.

[Sweet Kitties]

Better than getting bitten by one. A big coyotee killed a deer in our yard once. I looked out the window early in the morning & it was still eating the deer. It looked nervous because dawn was coming on & he ran away when it got lighter out. Such is nature.

[Mz iMac]

@Pezzie  You're lucky the hawk did not enjoy its meal on the roof or hood of your car!

[Mom2Dogs]

ICK.  I was helping a friend work in her yard years ago, we left for a quick lunch, came back and there was a bird with it's head off in one of the outdoor lamps....freaked us out!

[cheriere]

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@Mom2Dogs wrote:

ICK.  I was helping a friend work in her yard years ago, we left for a quick lunch, came back and there was a bird with it's head off in one of the outdoor lamps....freaked us out!

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Yuck!  That would've freaked me out too!  Wonder what on earth could've done that?

[goldensrbest]

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@Sweet Kitties wrote:

Better than getting bitten by one. A big coyotee killed a deer in our yard once. I looked out the window early in the morning & it was still eating the deer. It looked nervous because dawn was coming on & he ran away when it got lighter out. Such is nature.

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It is just horrible what coyotes do to a deer, a few years ago ,they killed one next to my house , they tear apart that deer ,remove its insides.

[Jk9]

Predators hunt and eat, that's how it is.  Living out in the country we have adjusted.  

[goldensrbest]

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@Jk9 wrote:

Predators hunt and eat, that's how it is.  Living out in the country we have adjusted.  

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But coyotes kill cats,and dogs, many cats go missing here.