PIGEONPACKMAN Posted April 4, 2014 Report Posted April 4, 2014 Afterthe 3 years of keeping bird l have my first hawk attack at home birds where up when out of the corner of my eye l see what looked like 2 birds really shiftingcoming donwards skimming top of the grden fences head a loud bang went to investigate and one of my meally cock was daised on hd floor .hes back in the loft now but lucky.o thinking perigrins about now .l feel sory for all the guys who get hit all the time and im hoping this was a one off but properbly not .
Rolldowns54 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Posted April 5, 2014 I have a mate in dewsbury he gets hammered by peres has done for the last few years on top of the usual almost daily sparrowhawk appearances the way things are going there wont be any pigeon flying soon its a worldwide problem man meddling with the balance ofnature again
PIGEONPACKMAN Posted April 5, 2014 Author Report Posted April 5, 2014 Had sparrow hawks hanging around since l have had the birds never had a problem with them.loads of young wood pigeons about here . What ever was after my bird was chasing it in thenair l dont know much about birds of prey but lvthough sparrow hawks try catch birds by surprise this why im thinking perigrins cos they have the speed to catch, watch ever it was was lightning quick .the cock wont leave the loft when l let the birds out .
Rolldowns54 Posted April 6, 2014 Report Posted April 6, 2014 Could be pere but could also could be hen sparrowhawk I keep rollers and tipplers and ive seen them hit my birds in the air and glide down with them people keep saying im mistaken they dont do that but im definately correct theyve adapted other people I know in other areas are now telling me that the same thing is happening to them once the hen spar is sitting you usually get a bit of peace for a while as the cock is too small to take pigeons but it will start again in autumn
Guest chad3646 Posted April 6, 2014 Report Posted April 6, 2014 Could be pere but could also could be hen sparrowhawk I keep rollers and tipplers and ive seen them hit my birds in the air and glide down with them people keep saying im mistaken they dont do that but im definately correct theyve adapted other people I know in other areas are now telling me that the same thing is happening to them once the hen spar is sitting you usually get a bit of peace for a while as the cock is too small to take pigeons but it will start again in autumnyou are correct rolldown they will glide down with them but they certainly wont lift them
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