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Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7177411
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And not even close to enough.

Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7177421
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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.

Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7177449
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cool pic. smile

Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7177456
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Cool pic.


Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: Northof50] #7177632
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Originally Posted by Northof50
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.

Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: Line Jumper] #7177727
02/11/21 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Line Jumper
Originally Posted by Northof50
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.


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Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: Northof50] #7177739
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Originally Posted by Line Jumper
Originally Posted by Northof50
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.
Originally Posted by Northof50
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.


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Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7177901
02/11/21 12:41 PM
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Was washing breakfast dishes this morning looking out window when hawk swooped down and nailed a starling. sat on it for about 5 minutes then moved and starling took off. Hawk took off nad caught it again this doing his job right

Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7177949
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I get some kestrels at the window feeder now and again, but two day ago I saw an incredible event. I was in front of the house at the farm and heard a noise up the hill that I figured was a truck going up the road. All of a sudden I have a flight of 5 or 6 hundred wild pigeons above me then they turn 90 degrees and land in the trees only to take off again. 5 seconds later I see the falcon that was chasing them. Very cool. 500 or 600 pigeons make a real sound when they fly.

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Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: Getting There] #7178065
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Originally Posted by Getting There
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.



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Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7180372
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I have had one around my house for years. They have to eat too. They seem to prefer cardinals and doves at my feeder. Posted a photo a year or so back as one slammed a dove right into my kitchen window. Thought it would break with such a loud thud. Cooper and Merlin hawks here mostly.

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Kill site below window. I was sitting at the table by the window doing some paper work. Made me jump a little at first when it slammed the window with that dove.

Looks like it picked it pretty clean. Classic hawk kill site.

Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7180382
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To me it looks like there is barring on the chest like a Sharp-shinned or Coopers would have, Merlins that I see have markings on the chest but not the pronounced barring like this bird looks to have. Based of what looks like a squared off open tail I would call this a Sharpie.

Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7180416
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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


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Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7180428
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!

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Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7180430
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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.....
Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: Getting There] #7180447
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Originally Posted by Getting There
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.

Re: New Bird at the Feeder [Re: jeff karsten] #7180513
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All photos I posted are of the same bird. The tree perched hawk is just above its kill by our house. I went out to see what the noise was and it spooked the hawk from the dove that was just slammed against our window.

He hung around while I checked on the dove but it was already dead. Had a small bloody spot on his head. I went back in to get my camera and took a photo while outside to get a clean photo. Surprised it stayed there while I took the picture. It made several passes while flying to pick up the dove to carry it a safe distance away to feed on it. It did miss a couple times then it got it air borne and struggled low along the ground to get it across our drive road about 50 yards away.. Then it was feather plucking time.

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