Hawk ID please
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- Killerbunny
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Hawk ID please
Looks like a adult to me. You can see barring on the tail. Came down to try to take a sparrow and the turkeys saw it and attacked. Very flustered hawk rushed to get off in a hurry. Maybe Coopers?
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- WLLady
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Re: Hawk ID please
Oh yes, that's a coopers hawk. I had one of those land on my head one day while hunting. brazen birds they'll try and take down birds twice their size!
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Pet quality wheaten/blue wheaten ameraucanas, welsummers, barred rocks, light brown leghorns; Projects on the go: rhodebars, welbars
Re: Hawk ID please
Beautiful bird, not sure I'd want it landing on my head, I think those talons would hurt!
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- WLLady
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Re: Hawk ID please
thankfully i was wearing a hat at the time, it left holes in my hat
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- Farrier1987
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Re: Hawk ID please
Anyone remember Malcolm the falcon from Loony tunes with Sylvester adn Speedy Gonzales? He landed on Sylvester's head all the time.
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Farrier1987. South of Chatham on Lake Erie. Chickens, goats, horse, garden, dog, cat. Worked all over the world. Know a little bit about a lot of things. No incubator, broody hens.
Re: Hawk ID please
Funny that this subject popped up again today.
I looked out of the window this afternoon, just in time to see a large hawk flying into the chicken run! By the time I had grabbed my coat and dashed outside, it had flown away and looked quite small, high in the sky. Sorry that I didn't get a chance to ID it.
The chickens were spooked and all came to the door to see me, cackling away about what a terrible experience it had been! At first, I thought we were one down, but I finally found her in the nesting box. These are full-grown hens, so it's not as if one could have been carried away by a hawk, but they stayed in the safety of the covered run for a couple of hours after the nasty encounter......
Linda
I looked out of the window this afternoon, just in time to see a large hawk flying into the chicken run! By the time I had grabbed my coat and dashed outside, it had flown away and looked quite small, high in the sky. Sorry that I didn't get a chance to ID it.
The chickens were spooked and all came to the door to see me, cackling away about what a terrible experience it had been! At first, I thought we were one down, but I finally found her in the nesting box. These are full-grown hens, so it's not as if one could have been carried away by a hawk, but they stayed in the safety of the covered run for a couple of hours after the nasty encounter......
Linda
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Re: Hawk ID please
I had mine out came home to find them all hiding and a large bird circling overhead. It was funny the chickens saw me and started coming out of hiding, guess they figured their protector was back so they were safe. Not sure what kind of bird, hawk or Ravin maybe.
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