tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post4574537763017015682..comments2023-12-02T03:25:00.936-05:00Comments on beginning to bird: Nature, red in tooth and clawdguzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-38531440490720995832007-12-22T20:10:00.000-05:002007-12-22T20:10:00.000-05:00We have feeders for the small songbirds and the pi...We have feeders for the small songbirds and the pigeons and a few doves that show up. There are trees and bushes, but somehow a pair of hawks keeps attacking the birds. I know it's nature's way...but not in our yard! There has to be some way to scare them off!! We clang pot and lid and it does the job for a while, but we can't stand guard all day. We also have a very small dog...smaller than the pigeons and we are afraid to let him out in the yard by himself!!! Any suggestions??? :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-1090140523040427982007-02-21T10:45:00.000-05:002007-02-21T10:45:00.000-05:00I agree completely with you on the cats--we keeps ...I agree completely with you on the cats--we keeps ours inside--I'd rather a raptor take a bird than starve. And cats should be kept and fed indoors. <BR/><BR/>Like your wife, I was disgusted, but I had to watch. Weird.dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-64072692214363961442007-02-19T18:34:00.000-05:002007-02-19T18:34:00.000-05:00I've had Sharp-shinned and Coopers Hawks take bird...I've had Sharp-shinned and Coopers Hawks take birds from my feeders.I remember my wife looking at a sharpie pluck the feathers out of a bird one by one.-She said she was truly disturbed and disgusted as she stared at the whole scene through binoculars for about 10 minutes.-If they don't eat them at your feeder they'll eat them somewhere else.-cats killing birds bothers me though-LarryLarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17955054342034509500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-90245952984607203812007-02-06T13:24:00.000-05:002007-02-06T13:24:00.000-05:00poor little mousies! still--better than having the...poor little mousies! still--better than having them in my birdseed.dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-20904776654609050772007-02-01T00:50:00.000-05:002007-02-01T00:50:00.000-05:00I found you through Laura's blog, and have also se...I found you through Laura's blog, and have also seen your comments on Birdchick.<br />That Coop looks like a juvenile to me. Sad as it is (and I work with raptors every day and I still get a lump in my throat when I see a wild one hunting in my yard), all that good bird protein will keep that hawk going for another day and make him or her big and strong.<br />I haven't been able to catch any action at the feeders, but I did get some good shots of a red-tailed eating mice in the backyard. Yum!Susan Gets Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-44838752939327596012007-01-28T21:48:00.000-05:002007-01-28T21:48:00.000-05:00There's too much tail on that bird for it to be a ...There's too much tail on that bird for it to be a red-tail. Probably a Cooper's Hawk - they'll stalk your feeder birds.<br /><br />;-(<br /><br />Grisly scene, but that's nature, right? Everybody's gotta eat.<br /><br />I was lucky (?) to find just some scattered feathers beneath the feeders the other day - still makes me sad to see it.LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.com