Do I dare say.........

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by LokotaLoft

I so wish my evil cooper neighbor would take to hunting mice or better yet just leave he got another one of my pigeons today..I have had them on lock down for the last two weeks now and it was just to nice a day to keep them in so I let them out and as they came down to trap out came mr. cooper and grabbed one of my birds and off he flew .. this bird is such a beast and I hope some day a bigger bird will come down and eat him I will even supply the hot sauce

Sorry to hear about your bird. I honestly don't know how you guys that have a REAL hawk problem deal with it. I just couldn't. I'd have to just quit flying birds. A hawk may get one of mine tomorrow, but it would be the first in about 2 years.

yeah I was out there freaking out clapping my hands yelling running as fast as i could thru the woods trying to find where he carried my pigeon off too but never did find where he landed This bird isnt afraid of anything and yes they are going back into lockdown again ..I have about 9 youngins that may never get out of the loft due to this problem and with them just getting way to old , I dont wanna take the chance of any fly offs due to strong wings ,its a real bummer .rest in peace my poor freckles

[Snowbird Sue]

Originally Posted by LokotaLoft

yeah I was out there freaking out clapping my hands yelling running as fast as i could thru the woods trying to find where he carried my pigeon off too but never did find where he landed This bird isnt afraid of anything and yes they are going back into lockdown again ..I have about 9 youngins that may never get out of the loft due to this problem and with them just getting way to old , I dont wanna take the chance of any fly offs due to strong wings ,its a real bummer .rest in peace my poor freckles

RIP little Freckles. Someone had mentioned a paintball gun. Now, that wouldn't kill the hawk, but it might deter it some. Renee, hawks are a very big part of nature here in MI. You just have to learn to deal with them. Here, we have Redtail, Shintail, and Cooper. they do feed on field mice, and the hay field across the road (over 100+ acres!) is still snow covered, so the mice are in short supply. Maybe when the weather breaks, the mice come out, the hawks will go back to their "natural" habits. Yeah, LokotaLoft, I;d be PO'd too.

[ND Cooper]

Careful, Careful, You cannot harass wildlife. I'm pretty sure that would mean jail time.
Do the hawks migrate through your area? you might be on a migration route.

[Maggie-NC]

I'm not sure about the paintball gun. Seems to me those things could be petty lethal.

personally I was just hoping karma would take care of it in the way of maybe mr cooper getting hit by a truck flying across the road

[Snowbird Sue]

Originally Posted by ND Cooper

Careful, Careful, You cannot harass wildlife. I'm pretty sure that would mean jail time.
Do the hawks migrate through your area? you might be on a migration route.

OK, it was just a thought, I don't even own a paintball gun!! I would never harrass wildlife either. SO SORRY !!!!!!!

[Snowbird Sue]

OK, My birds had another visitor today. Or, shall I say VISITORS!! They all flew into the loft, and just waited for the "WILD TURKEY FLOCK" to move on! That was funny to watch, I must say! I guess they thought, "LOOK at the size of those guys!" anyway, LokotaLoft, I think karma might be nice too!

[Snowbird Sue]

Originally Posted by Lady Tarheel

I'm not sure about the paintball gun. Seems to me those things could be petty lethal.

Hi LT!! I never used one, but some hunters had modified a couple, to shoot "scent balls" instead of paint, for when they go deer hunting. I thought it was a novel idea, until I heard the price I don't need one!!

hey snowbird just to let you know Im all for messing with nature when its flying thru my airspace taking my birds with them so dont feel bad, I throw sticks or anything close by me at the time when they are whizzing over my head 4 feet from me as my birds are trapping into the loft .. I hate listening to people go on about how they use hawks to control feral populations and everyone freaks out at the thought of that and are horrified but when it comes to your personal flock in your back yard they all of a sudden are for the hawk over your birds someone explain that to me please

[Snowbird Sue]

Hi LokotaLoft, now that is a VERY good point! Sounds like a very good question too. I like ferrel
l's as much as the next guy, but I have to agree with you on this one. "Our" birds are just as important as the ferals are.

One thing for sure, my birds are really spooky of other BIG birds! Today, they were in the fly-pen, and raced to the loft and stayed there! I could just hear them saying, "Just LOOK at how big that one is!" Today, their visitors were a flock of wild turkeys! My birds stayed in the loft all day!I ain't going to knock it, it is fabulous training for them.

yeah I know what you mean , when the cooper hits my fly pen its like a ghost town in my loft , you would never know there was a pigeon around , they get so quiet and sit so tight inside the loft and wont come out for like a half hour and as for ferals I used to have some that visited my loft back when til they were eaten by my menising devil bird too

[Snowbird Sue]

Originally Posted by LokotaLoft

yeah I know what you mean , when the cooper hits my fly pen its like a ghost town in my loft , you would never know there was a pigeon around , they get so quiet and sit so tight inside the loft and wont come out for like a half hour and as for ferals I used to have some that visited my loft back when til they were eaten by my menising devil bird too

Hey, how about if we get a voodoo doll of this devil bird! Now, that can't hurt anything BUT Mr. Cooper! Right? I'll have to see what I can throw together, to stick HUGE pins in! Hey, nothing else has worked!

[eric98223]

sorry for your loft but you just have to deal with it. watch getting into a pattern of realeasing at the same time. you can train hawks that way as to what time breakfast is...