My (indoor) cat alerted me to a house sparrow, perched in my neighbor’s Banks roses and in its beak – holding what I assume is a large, green Cicada, by the tail, and just swinging it around as if the sparrow didn’t know what to do now.
The Cicada was obviously thrashing around in mid-air and to put it down could result in loss of a green treasure………
What to do……………, what to do………………?
Lila Emmer
Utah
Lila, et al,
Last November Bob and I were in Honduras doing a water project with some of our church members. I happened to look out the window of the small building we were doing an education class in and saw a bird jump straight up in the air. Fortunately I had my binoculars with me and saw what looked like a large, sparrow -sized wren attacking something on the ground and that something was attacking back. It turned out to be a sizeable praying mantis. After about three or four jabs at the mantis, the wren was able to grab it and whack it around enough to subdue it.
Cindy Klein
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