When I arrived at Flaco’s roost on Monday afternoon, a friend came up to me and said “He’s been eating a rat!”. I learned that while I was away on a few days, he’s been bringing a Brown Rat to his roost to nibble on throughout the day.

I saw him with the lower half of the rat mid-afternoon, which he took a few bites of around 3:00 p.m. but he waited until after 6 p.m. to finish eating it. It’s nice to see him eat in a relaxed way. During the early days of him hunting, he would eat the rats whole and quickly primarily on the ground.