hawk attack ..last few days

[Guest]

ive had a sparrowhawk calling last few days and hitting my flight with my stock birds in. the flight is attached to the front of the cot so theres shelter for the birds to hide away.

checking the wire earlier i found that the hawk had broke 2 squares of the wire when it hit the flight.just goes to show the poundage in them claws ...wot hope has a pigeon when hit by them talons....steps are in progress to stop this hawk calling .... ;) :X :X :X....paul

[Guest]

Tues let birds out, bird that was 8th National , Bang hawk killed it.   weds let them out was standing in front of the loft, as the came to come in bang another strike, the hen that was 1st national hit the window of the consevatory. Why is it they always get your best? luckly enough the hen survived, just a few wing prints on the window! 3 fanciers in our village, 3 of us having trouble. it makes you think why oh why.......

[madmaxlofts]

they seem to get worse every year

[Guest CS]

they seem to get worse every year

 

The hawks breed more young hawks......

[THE FIFER]

one fancier in leven is getting one on his loft. come next month april we should get a rest from them as when they are feeding young they go for small pray, and the crows are with young and keep them at bay, the only thing is u have to watch the crows, :'( :'( :'( :'(

[kev01293]

will a sparrowhawk actually take a pigeon and fly off with it while the pigeon is flying with the flock or do they wait until the pigeons have landed and then pounce??    kev

[blackjack]

You gents want to have a Gos hawk that is a real killer .

[THE FIFER]

will a sparrowhawk actually take a pigeon and fly off with it while the pigeon is flying with the flock or do they wait until the pigeons have landed and then pounce??    kev

 

 

they catch them in flight then bring them to ground.

 

[Guest]

will a sparrowhawk actually take a pigeon and fly off with it while the pigeon is flying with the flock or do they wait until the pigeons have landed and then pounce??    kev

 

What I have noticed once your birds are fit the spawwow hawk will not go for the bird while they are flying, only when they are landing on the loft etc. But the perigrine thats a different matter. Near where ilive i have seen them training their young, taking birds up and dropping them, then their young diving after them. the perigrines willwork a batch of pigeons, spliting one out of the batch. pain in the backside.

[Guest]

Don't know if this pic will upload OK, just two specks in the sky and up some height.  

 

Was hoping to get a pic from below to show their shape, they come and go all the time, hoping someone could tell me what these are?

 

They are at the right end of the top 'blue line of sky above the clouds', click on the pic to enlarge.

[Ian McKay]

CLOUDS :P :P They are dangerous Why post this rubbish BRUNO can you not check your photographs before you post.

Chop it :D :D :D :D :D

[Guest]

CLOUDS :P :P They are dangerous Why post this rubbish BRUNO can you not check your photographs before you post.

Chop it :D :D :D :D :D

 

 

Obviously 'They are at the right end of the top 'blue line of sky above the clouds', click on the pic to enlarge' is beyond your understanding.

 

[Ian McKay]

Not beyond MY understanding looked after enlarging simply SUPER picture : : : : : : : : : : : :

[Roland]

Not for the sqeamish ... I don't watch them of course

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hawk+%2F+pigeon

[Roland]

 

Now as a lover of Pigeons I enjoyed this one!

 

Attack on Rollers by hawk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4XZW16XbpM

 

This one will make your blood run cold... NOT for the Squeamish,

[REDCHEQHEN]

 

 

 

Go youtube and do a search Bruno

see if there is anything like it

 

the 2nd link is a red kite

the first one is a lovely eagle owl

[REDCHEQHEN]

 

 

 

Go youtube and do a search Bruno

see if there is anything like it

 

the 2nd link is a red kite

the first one is a lovely eagle owl

[Ian McKay]

Now here is a hawk Bruno! Unfortunately the pigeon was mine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest Hjaltland]

Not for the faint hearted...What you needed at that moment was an RMS 1.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

would it not have been better Ian trying to get the hawk away instead of taking a few pictures of it ?i would have been after something better than a camera

[Guest]

i like a shovel

[Guest]

I've got a team of crows that keep them at bay, Tammy, and a team of street-wise pigeons too; the camera pic that I wanted was the crows harrying a pair of hawks, just above tree top level in the southern sky.. when they are at this height my birds will always go up and get above them. They'll also skeedaddle as do all the other wild birds, and they all come back when the coast is clear.

 

By the time I came back out the house, it was all over and the hawks were just specs disappearing ever higher in the northern sky. When they are at this height my birds on the loft roof will cock their heads to one side with one eye looking skywards, watching these things. When I see this I come out into the garden to see what they are watching, and usually they're just specs in the northern sky

 

I've posted elsewhere about the size of these things around here, that I don't know what they are, but their profile reminds me of a ww11 spitfire. Most of the photos posted on the forum are close-up shots of a hawk feeding or at rest. Even the birding books in the shops don't give good aerial profiles, what the hawk looks like in flight, and seen from beneath it, which is how I mostly see it ... they don't get to land here.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

i always have crows flying around the houses here bruno but have not found them to be a deterrant to the perigrines, sparrowhawk problems are easily solved, can see the small dots on your photo, but even enlarging your picture they are still only dots

[Guest Hjaltland]

i like a shovel

 

That's it... a round mouth shovel

[THE FIFER]

the carrion crow when nesting will chase everything in the sky hawks included but it does'nt keep them away, and sometimes the crows are worse than the hawks, as they kill just to kill hawks kill to feed.