Re: New Bird at the Feeder
[Re: Northof50]
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02/11/21 09:52 AM
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Female prairie form of the Merlin tail markings, head colour, eye stripe, eye colour
Do you know what was the victum of the attacker. Coopers and sharpies usually have enough lift to carry away robin size. The picture isn't very clear but I think I am seeing horizontal barring on it's chest and with the squared off tail I am with Tray on the sharp-shin.
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Re: New Bird at the Feeder
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02/11/21 10:51 AM
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Female prairie form of the Merlin tail markings, head colour, eye stripe, eye colour
Do you know what was the victum of the attacker. Coopers and sharpies usually have enough lift to carry away robin size. The picture isn't very clear but I think I am seeing horizontal barring on it's chest and with the squared off tail I am with Tray on the sharp-shin. I notice the tail right off, but the bird is not under its normal control. Adult COHA have the same chest marking as a adult SSHA. the head looks to big for SSHA. COHA are chuker than SSHA. It could go either way IMO but nice picture.
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: New Bird at the Feeder
[Re: Northof50]
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02/11/21 10:55 AM
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Female prairie form of the Merlin tail markings, head colour, eye stripe, eye colour
Do you know what was the victum of the attacker. Coopers and sharpies usually have enough lift to carry away robin size. The picture isn't very clear but I think I am seeing horizontal barring on it's chest and with the squared off tail I am with Tray on the sharp-shin. I notice the tail right off, but the bird is not under its normal control. Adult COHA have the same chest marking as a adult SSHA. the head looks to big for SSHA. COHA are chuker than SSHA. It could go either way IMO but nice picture. Female prairie form of the Merlin tail markings, head colour, eye stripe, eye colour
Do you know what was the victum of the attacker. Coopers and sharpies usually have enough lift to carry away robin size. It may have been early in the kill, most bird have to jump to get off the ground not easy in snow. Great Picture.
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: New Bird at the Feeder
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02/11/21 03:02 PM
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Nothing kills more wildlife than the common house cat and you feed them and let them in your house. The hawk is just trying to make it to the next day the best way they can. I am not gonna say you are wrong but I will say I try to do my part.
A bird huntin buddy up in KS said this is how you sort cats: On a porch or front yard it is a house cat, w/i one hill (line of sight) from an acreage of any size it is barn cat, past the first little hill the dam thing is a roamer and needs a nap in the dirt. I never argued with him either.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: New Bird at the Feeder
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02/13/21 01:11 PM
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The top photo is a merlin (SSHW do not have wing barring), the middle one is a immature Coopers hawk, and the bottom on is a merlin. IMO
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: New Bird at the Feeder
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02/13/21 01:19 PM
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I’m seeing a lot of road killed raptors this year on the interstate looked like a great horned owl piled up on a road just out of town the other day also. Hard to miss them wide feathers sticking out of the snow.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: New Bird at the Feeder
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02/13/21 01:20 PM
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We have a Cooper's that hangs out and seems to love Sparrow's mostly. I wish he'd take out the BlueJay's. I hate them dern birds lol.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: New Bird at the Feeder
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02/13/21 01:30 PM
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The top photo is a merlin (SSHW do not have wing barring), the middle one is a immature Coopers hawk, and the bottom on is a merlin. IMO Agree, I was commenting on the original pics.
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