OT Re: Winter lock-down

"E-Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Susan) wrote in message
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> > Hello E-Man,
> > I guess you are not far from me (South Jersey shore). I have been
> > wondering, what are those birds we have been seeing all summer,
> > soaring around in the sky? Are they hawks? If not, where do you see
> > the hawks?
> > I had something grab one of my rollers a few weeks ago, I never saw
> > what it was. A neighbor brought my bird to me wrapped in newspaper,
> > all bloody. He said "a big bird" had grabbed it, but dropped it in his
> > front yard. Since then, I have been reluctant to let the rollers out.
> > It does put a damper on things...
> > Sue
> > PS- I did manage to sew the bird up, she is OK.
>
> Hi Sue,
> you'd have to tell me size and maybe shape, to get an idea of what you
have
> been seeing. I have seen the vultures soaring around all summer, with the
> occasional red-tail, Neither, a big threat to the rollers. There have also
> been alot of what I call "nighthawks" flying around all summer, mostly
late
> afternoon. Very pointy wings and tail, big white spot on each wing. They
eat
> insects on the wing, but do seem to like harrassing my rollers. They are
much
> faster, and dive thru them, but the birds don't seem too disturbed by
them.
> MY biggest "sure" threat is the coopers, sharpies, and goshawks. Goshawks
> usually are just passing thru. But the coopers and sharpies like to reside
> in the area all winter. And of course, they come earlier every year.
>
> I thought I would get in one last fly before winter-lock-down yesterday,
and
> flew them around 7:30am. They did good, but seemed to have trouble coming
> down. They kept circling kinda high, then would leave the area. They only
do
> this when hawks are about, so I started looking for one...........and sure
> enough, there was a male coopers in my tree directly over my head!
> I managed to "run" him off, but the birds didn't come down for a few
hours.
>
> If I had to guess, I would say that the bird you repaired was attacked by
either
> a sharpie or immature coop. Immatures seem to be the only ones unsure
enough
> to drop one, or get spooked off of it, and pigeons are just a tad large
for
> sharpies to fly off with comfortably. Adult coopers and goshawks have such
a
> powerful grip with their talons that their prey is usually dead before
they
> land with it.
> E-Man
> (All locked down, now!)

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