Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Killerbunny wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:34 am

Here is the point when the panic started. Interestingly the Big Boy remained in the hedgerow the whole time until the hawk had gone. It was only the youngsters out displaying.
Panic.jpg

Wow, talk about an action picture!

Killerbunny wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:34 am

Here is the point when the panic started. Interestingly the Big Boy remained in the hedgerow the whole time until the hawk had gone. It was only the youngsters out displaying.
Panic.jpg

Yu don’t get old & big by being stupid . Lol

Farrier1987 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:46 am

Got the definitive word from a friend that worked for the Alberta gov as a bird man for about ten years. Says it is a yearling Goshawk.

Yep Farrier me thinks he’s right . Hard to tell on my iPhone ( small pic) but found an old bird book in my pile & tend to agree because of chest (colour/pattern)
Thanks man , always good to know the enemy .

In back yard last night . Time to move the large live trap up in bush behind house . No birds in outside pens .

Oh boy!

Yikes!

Large coyote/dog trap set . Fingers crossed.

Good luck! I had one of those around my hen houses a couple of weeks back.....

No catch yet. Males are out lookin for bitches to breed .

ross wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:06 pm

No catch yet. Males are out lookin for bitches to breed .

I wouldn't touch that line with a ten foot pole. And Stanislas Kovalski who plays for the Raptors, who is a seven and a half foot pole, says he wouldn't touch it either. His uncle was Alexander Graham Kovalski, the first telephone pole.