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Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
sosam117 Tue May 14, 2024 4:25 pm
I was outside today on the front porch.
Heard cooing sound from a morning dove (I like to call it a morning pigeon).
Next thing I heard was a screech from the hawk who live in my tree in the yard.
Turned my head to see and saw the hawk snatch the morning dove right off the wire and the hawk and dove were in my front yard.
Next, I saw the hawk eating away at the dove.
I quietly went inside to get my camera.
When I came back out, the hawk was now on the end of my drive where a puddle forms after a good rain.
It was washing himself(herself?)
It was in the puddle there for maybe 10 minutes or so?
When a car from across the street started to back up out of the garage the hawk took off to my 40year old Blue Spruce in the back yard where the nest is.
Well, I went over where the hawk was eating the dove and found nothing but feathers on the ground.
What is left of the dove:
The Hawk cleaning up after the kill:
(Sorry for the slightly blurry photos)
One good thing about the hawk, it keeps the local squirrels on their toes (and population down) and I've seen less rabbits too.
Haven't seen the red tail fox since the fall of last year. Hope he wasn't run over?
He has done well chasing the rabbits, squirrels, stray cats, chipmunks, mice.
Our neighborhood animal control officer?
Though I do remember seeing the fox during the winter in January, one time chasing a cat (the neighbors Manx)
through my three neighbor's front yard across the street as I was having my breakfast.
Didn't catch the Manx as I watched the fox trot down my street ---- I guess back home?
Heard cooing sound from a morning dove (I like to call it a morning pigeon).
Next thing I heard was a screech from the hawk who live in my tree in the yard.
Turned my head to see and saw the hawk snatch the morning dove right off the wire and the hawk and dove were in my front yard.
Next, I saw the hawk eating away at the dove.
I quietly went inside to get my camera.
When I came back out, the hawk was now on the end of my drive where a puddle forms after a good rain.
It was washing himself(herself?)
It was in the puddle there for maybe 10 minutes or so?
When a car from across the street started to back up out of the garage the hawk took off to my 40year old Blue Spruce in the back yard where the nest is.
Well, I went over where the hawk was eating the dove and found nothing but feathers on the ground.
What is left of the dove:
The Hawk cleaning up after the kill:
(Sorry for the slightly blurry photos)
One good thing about the hawk, it keeps the local squirrels on their toes (and population down) and I've seen less rabbits too.
Haven't seen the red tail fox since the fall of last year. Hope he wasn't run over?
He has done well chasing the rabbits, squirrels, stray cats, chipmunks, mice.
Our neighborhood animal control officer?
Though I do remember seeing the fox during the winter in January, one time chasing a cat (the neighbors Manx)
through my three neighbor's front yard across the street as I was having my breakfast.
Didn't catch the Manx as I watched the fox trot down my street ---- I guess back home?
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
rsv1cox Tue May 14, 2024 6:28 pm
Nature is cruel by necessity. Eat or be eaten, survival of the fittest.
Canadian Geese on the pond had two two sets of chicks. Racoons, cats, or whatever got into the nest of one resulting in only four chicks. Other one had eleven. Today only seven remain. Local cats I imagine.
Proud Mom and Dad with four chicks inbetween.
Canadian Geese on the pond had two two sets of chicks. Racoons, cats, or whatever got into the nest of one resulting in only four chicks. Other one had eleven. Today only seven remain. Local cats I imagine.
Proud Mom and Dad with four chicks inbetween.
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Patridge for dinner
706jim Tue May 14, 2024 8:13 pm
A partridge smashed into my picture window, flailed around for about a minute and was done. Called the neighbours across the street to ask if they'd like to have it. Nope, not interested. By the time I got off the phone the crows had reduced it to a pile of feathers much like your morning dove.
If you think about it, pretty much all wild animals wake up and begin their daily search for food. All they do is eat.
If you think about it, pretty much all wild animals wake up and begin their daily search for food. All they do is eat.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
GallopingGhostler Wed May 15, 2024 6:43 am
I resemble that as a retired senior.706jim wrote:If you think about it, pretty much all wild animals wake up and begin their daily search for food. All they do is eat.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
rsv1cox Wed May 15, 2024 8:55 am
"All the do is eat"
Yup......This morning on my sons game camera. Geese and chicks coming up from the pond.
Two sets, notice the ones in the second picture are bigger. About two weeks apart when hatched. Once there were 11 in the firsat set now only eight.
Yup......This morning on my sons game camera. Geese and chicks coming up from the pond.
Two sets, notice the ones in the second picture are bigger. About two weeks apart when hatched. Once there were 11 in the firsat set now only eight.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
rdw777 Wed May 15, 2024 10:09 am
Looks like a Cooper’s hawk, They are bird chasers-bird eaters…
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
GallopingGhostler Wed May 15, 2024 10:36 am
A few years ago, a fox made a den under our small metal shed in our backyard. You could hear the pups whimpering when nearing the shed. We just let them alone grow to maturity. We'd occasionally see mama fox with a rabbit or squirrel in her muzzle in the front yard.
They benefitted us by taking care of the stray cat population.
One day they were all gone. Since, they have not returned. We replaced the front of the backyard's cedar wood fence with a metal panel one. It is harder for them to scale, which might explain their lack of return.
They benefitted us by taking care of the stray cat population.
One day they were all gone. Since, they have not returned. We replaced the front of the backyard's cedar wood fence with a metal panel one. It is harder for them to scale, which might explain their lack of return.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
rsv1cox Wed May 15, 2024 12:53 pm
GallopingGhostler wrote:A few years ago, a fox made a den under our small metal shed in our backyard. You could hear the pups whimpering when nearing the shed. We just let them alone grow to maturity. We'd occasionally see mama fox with a rabbit or squirrel in her muzzle in the front yard.
They benefitted us by taking care of the stray cat population.
One day they were all gone. Since, they have not returned. We replaced the front of the backyard's cedar wood fence with a metal panel one. It is harder for them to scale, which might explain their lack of return.
Mammals vs. birds.
In Florida we had the same SandHill Cranes that returned to the pond behind our house each year to raise their chicks. But this is the first year that we have had Canadan Geese raise chicks in our back yard doing the same.
I saw my first Baltimore Oriole ever........this morning out back. I mark them down with the date whenever I see a new and different bird.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
GallopingGhostler Wed May 15, 2024 2:34 pm
A few years ago I read an article on how migratory birds have the ability to discern the earth's magnetic fields.
In Clovis we'd watch the Canadian geese and ducks roost in Clovis overnight, enroute to Mexico for the Winter. During milder Winters, they'd stay a bit longer but move on after a couple days, because we have no streams and a token man made lake in the middle of the town the size of a large pond.
Further south a couple hours away we have the Hondo Valley with streams and Elephant Lake near Socorro.
If they stayed a bit longer some of us would be able to say that they were good eating.
In Clovis we'd watch the Canadian geese and ducks roost in Clovis overnight, enroute to Mexico for the Winter. During milder Winters, they'd stay a bit longer but move on after a couple days, because we have no streams and a token man made lake in the middle of the town the size of a large pond.
Further south a couple hours away we have the Hondo Valley with streams and Elephant Lake near Socorro.
If they stayed a bit longer some of us would be able to say that they were good eating.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
rsv1cox Thu May 16, 2024 9:38 am
Let me tag this right along with Mike's nature trail here.
I read up a bit about Baltimore Orioles, seems they like oranges. I happened to have one in the Fridge and rigged this up this morning and added my game cam.
I read up a bit about Baltimore Orioles, seems they like oranges. I happened to have one in the Fridge and rigged this up this morning and added my game cam.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
rdw777 Thu May 16, 2024 3:46 pm
There’s a few species you may get if you keep some fruit out Bob…. I keep oranges in a tree in the back yard in the winter for Cedar Waxwings….. They are usually in groups of about a dozen……
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Oldenginerod Fri May 17, 2024 5:20 am
On a test drive yesterday I noticed a dead Galah (Cockatoo) on the road and right beside it a dead owl. The owl was barely any bigger than the Galah so I'd suggest that he'd bitten off more than he could fly off with, and couldn't get out of the way of a car.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
rsv1cox Fri May 17, 2024 7:20 am
More from my son's game camera.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
akjgardner Fri May 17, 2024 10:34 am
you have a regular wildlife preserve there . Good for you. I should get one of those cameras.rsv1cox wrote:More from my son's game camera.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
rdw777 Sat May 18, 2024 5:38 pm
First Purple Martin hatch this year….. I bring their house down about once per week to take any Sparrow nests out…
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Turtle soup
rsv1cox Sun May 19, 2024 10:26 am
This morning while out on the tractor I came across this:
Snapping turtle. About a 14" shell, about 20" nose to tail. They have a beak that can take a toe off. And my son wants to get in there with a cutter and clear some of the smaller nuisance lillies.
Me, I brake for turtles. Saw four box turtles yesterday while mowing the lawn.
Snapping turtle. About a 14" shell, about 20" nose to tail. They have a beak that can take a toe off. And my son wants to get in there with a cutter and clear some of the smaller nuisance lillies.
Me, I brake for turtles. Saw four box turtles yesterday while mowing the lawn.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
Admin Sat Jun 01, 2024 12:59 am
We had robins nest in the front porch again using the same nest that was built last year.
4 eggs laid, one hatched on May-14:
All hatched by the 16th:
Robins on the 17th:
Robins on the 18th:
Two baby robins disappear by the 22nd, leaving only two. Blood spot also spotted in the middle of the porch floor at that time:
Robins on the 23rd:
Robins on the 24th:
Robins on the 25th:
Robins on the 26th:
Robins on the 27th...:
Something discovered the nest, knocked it down and beheaded the young. Their heads nowhere to be found. A few adult feathers scattered around the porch and out into the sidewalk and driveway. Too bad I didn't have a camera set up. They were just about ready to leave the nest.
4 eggs laid, one hatched on May-14:
All hatched by the 16th:
Robins on the 17th:
Robins on the 18th:
Two baby robins disappear by the 22nd, leaving only two. Blood spot also spotted in the middle of the porch floor at that time:
Robins on the 23rd:
Robins on the 24th:
Robins on the 25th:
Robins on the 26th:
Robins on the 27th...:
Something discovered the nest, knocked it down and beheaded the young. Their heads nowhere to be found. A few adult feathers scattered around the porch and out into the sidewalk and driveway. Too bad I didn't have a camera set up. They were just about ready to leave the nest.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
GallopingGhostler Sat Jun 01, 2024 3:46 am
Sorry to hear about that, Jacob. I don't know what animal would behead them but leave their bodies, except man.
Even a cat would take one of them, maybe leave on a doorstep as a present, and after owner not disturbing, come back to eat it.
Each of those eat a couple thousand bugs a year or more, better than the best pesticide.
When we first moved into our current house in Clovis 23 years ago, we used to have swallows nest on a ledge in our open front porch. My wife didn't like their mess, so she did something up there to hinder their nesting.
Although they wouldn't nest, the young would come back annually for the next 8 or so years.
Then she found out they each ate a couple thousand insects a year, then wish she didn't chase them away, but then, it was too late.
Even a cat would take one of them, maybe leave on a doorstep as a present, and after owner not disturbing, come back to eat it.
Each of those eat a couple thousand bugs a year or more, better than the best pesticide.
When we first moved into our current house in Clovis 23 years ago, we used to have swallows nest on a ledge in our open front porch. My wife didn't like their mess, so she did something up there to hinder their nesting.
Although they wouldn't nest, the young would come back annually for the next 8 or so years.
Then she found out they each ate a couple thousand insects a year, then wish she didn't chase them away, but then, it was too late.
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Re: Hawk had breakfast and then took a bath
HalfaDave Sun Jun 02, 2024 7:15 am
Hi All,
I think I have a pet 'Sharp Shinned Hawk'.
Seen in flight here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td8bmr-6AHs
Dive bomber. 2 confirmed sparrows and a chipmunk. (and 3 misses )
An attack/fly away takes ~3 seconds.
The ability to 'crash land' and take off again is amazing.
Beautiful bird.
I call it, Dauntless...
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave
I think I have a pet 'Sharp Shinned Hawk'.
Seen in flight here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td8bmr-6AHs
Dive bomber. 2 confirmed sparrows and a chipmunk. (and 3 misses )
An attack/fly away takes ~3 seconds.
The ability to 'crash land' and take off again is amazing.
Beautiful bird.
I call it, Dauntless...
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave
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