Eagle Owls

[Guest j.bamling]

Anybody know if a Eagle owl  would keep Sparrow hawks away ?

[Guest frank dooman]

Anybody know if a Eagle owl  would keep Sparrow hawks away ?

 

seems they hunt them at night when the owl can see and the hawk is perched or on the nest so they would cut the no,s no doubt about that thats why the rspb want them banned

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

Anybody know if a Eagle owl  would keep Sparrow hawks away ?

 

i think all pigeon fanciers should get a new pet as well as the pigeons :X :X :X

then we will be laughing

[Guest j.bamling]

 

i think all pigeon fanciers should get a new pet as well as the pigeons :X :X :X

then we will be laughing

 

well that was my thinking they are as cheap as £80

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

 

well that was my thinking they are as cheap as £80

 

would like one myself but it would cost too much to feed

[Guest j.bamling]

 

would like one myself but it would cost too much to feed

 

get plenty pigeons to feed it on hahaha my mate owns a rabbit catching company so i could get plenty of them to feed it

 

[Guest frank dooman]

 

would like one myself but it would cost too much to feed

 

we wouldnt need to feed them they might escape and breed in the wild and feed on our problem friends

[mac1]

will help your pigeons exersize instead of the flag  ;D ;D

[Guest youngboy]

will help your pigeons exersize instead of the flag  ;D ;D

 

very true.

but cheap as £80  ??) might just invest  

this will be a intersting thread.

and yes they shouldkeep sparrow hawks away. most defo keep peregines away. put it this way if it keep on of them species away its 1 less to not worry about.

[Guest frank dooman]

it has been spoken about on here before the prob is if we(the fanciers) didnt buy and keep breeding pairs the people who do breed them would very quickly grasp the fact that there is money to be made and the price would shoot up so if fanciers who had the room could breed and sell or give away the young birds and help keep the price down

[blaz]

most big bops ie eagle owl buzzard ect keep your smaller bops out the way .if hen sparrow hawk takes a pigeon buzzards or bigger bops would steal their kill

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

it has been spoken about on here before the prob is if we(the fanciers) didnt buy and keep breeding pairs the people who do breed them would very quickly grasp the fact that there is money to be made and the price would shoot up so if fanciers who had the room could breed and sell or give away the young birds and help keep the price down

 

at least there would be less bop about

[mac1]

dont think the sparrow hawk is the problem,would the eagle owl keep the percy away i dont think so :-/

[Guest frank dooman]

yes agree i wonder just how long it will take for a falkener to surface on here as there are lots of threads about bop,s we will get all the s hit about what eagle owls will do to this and that if they wont let us protect our birds then what do they expect us to do just roll over I DONT THINK SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest frank dooman]

oh god he beat me too it!!!!!!!

[Guest j.bamling]

dont think the sparrow hawk is the problem,would the eagle owl keep the percy away i dont think so :-/

 

have you seen them mac the would eat a percy sideways  ;D

[Guest frank dooman]

dont think the sparrow hawk is the problem,would the eagle owl keep the percy away i dont think so :-/

 

they wont keep any of them away they will just eat them its not about speed its about seeing in the dark the owl can and the bops cant so wont move just a matter of time fir the  owl to find them   oh happy days  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)  sory joe

[mac1]

 

have you seen them mac the would eat a percy sideways  ;D

 

im lucky as the spuggy hawks are chasing the collared doves in the conofers 50 meters away,but when the drive through runs out mac1 will be waiting to chase them off my pigeons with the brush

 

[Guest j.bamling]

Mac get your lass one of these  ;D

[Guest stevie-b]

looks the dogs dangly bits lol

[Guest grizzler]

dont think the rspb would like to see the eagle owl reintroduced to the uk,as they would control the other bop to well

[Guest Owen]

According to the RSPB a law comes into force today (Ist April 2010), which states that a licence would be required to release an Eagle Owl into the wild. They also say that it would be very unlikely to be issued. Aparently, this gives them the right to remove any Eagle Owl they have reason to believe has been released without a licence. In practice this would mean that they would have to catch the bird to examine it. Do you think they would realise it after that?

[Guest frank dooman]

they are removing them just now owen they just make some lame excuse they have been doing it for years but what a silly person i was when i left the avery door open  :-/ :-/ :-/

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I would actually like to own one of these myself - Its only a lack of knowledge regarding them that has stopped me in the past - stunning birds!

[Guest lenwadebob]

I would actually like to own one of these myself - Its only a lack of knowledge regarding them that has stopped me in the past - stunning birds!

 

Perhaps those who know how to care for them should post us with the correct information regarding keeping one as a pet and the way to look after them in the same way we do our pigeons.