Apparently squirrels can't swim...

[squirrelhawker08]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=01j-OSQQebo

This was a great kill she pulled it off of a limb as it was crossing the creek and took it down to the water and seemed perfectly content holding it under water.

[Bridget]

Charm pulled a fox squirrel off of a branch last season and hit it in a shallow creek and held it underneath the water, drowning it.

[Desertfalcon]

You mean squirrels can't swim when being held under by a Red-Tail. Haha!

[normzone]

Christmas day I watched an egret stalk, snatch, rinse off and swallow a large rodent - whole.

He rinsed him off a couple of times, but didn't seem concerned about drowning him. I guess the choke hold he had on the critter was sufficiently disabling.

He did need a couple of drinks of water to get him down whole. I know, not falconry, but hey, I get my kicks where I can.