Roxtar is getting.........

[Lovebirds]

a new loft. We all started on it this past Sunday. Don't know why I didn't take the camera with me. Actually, I had no idea that we would get so much done. Maybe Jason can go take a picture????
Anyway, we started on the aviary today and he hasn't seen it yet, so I'm posting pictures for him. By the week end he should have a finished loft WITH some baby birds in it!!! YEA!!

[Trees Gray]

How wonderful. I'm sure you are all excited about this, as well as Roxtar.

I can't wait to see the finished product AND of course the youngsters.

[Lady Tarheel]

Renee, I'm confused . I thought Roxtar had already finished his loft?

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by Lady Tarheel

Renee, I'm confused . I thought Roxtar had already finished his loft?

That was his breeder loft. Now he's building a Young Bird loft. We were at his house Sunday by the way, and his breeder loft looks great. It was so VERY clean and the babies looked so good. I won't have ANY problem giving him some of my babies.

[Lady Tarheel]

okey-doke......

[roxtar]

Thank you so much Renee'. I got about 3/4 of the roof done today before I ran out of gas and HAD to sleep. But the rest will get done by the time you guys are out here on Sunday.
Thank you for your compliments on the breeder too, I'll be glad when I'm done with the loft building (and money spending) and can concentrate on enjoying the boids.

We had a visit from mister hawk today, he bumped his head on the flypen about 3 times before he decided that there was no easy meal to be had in there and moved on. I had no idea hawks were that clumsy - at least this one was.

[LokotaLoft]

i would have to say be happy you have a clumsy hawk around and not like the ones I have here that grab your birds on the wing and just keep going Thankgod its march and soon I should be almost hawk free til october Im hoping , they tend to eat more wild birds between now an then

[roxtar]

This thing and his mate have built a nest in a pine tree a block away from me. It makes me really nervous, afraid to let them out.

[Trees Gray]

Believe me, they may seem clumsy hitting the coop, but they are just desperate to eat. Once your birds are out among them it is a different story.

You will have to be very careful. I have a friend with lots of trees around his property. A hawk couple set up house keeping in one of the trees and they became quite a nuisance everytime he flew his birds. They always managed to get one of his birds as they were feeding babies they were quite determined.

It would be best if the hawks relocate.

[roxtar]

It would be best if the hawks relocate.

Nothin' I can do..... I'm not into running afoul of wildlife laws, so the birds will just have to learn to fly, or it'll be a war of attrition to see who's gonna make my YB team.

[LokotaLoft]

I agree, there isnt much you can do short of keeping your birds from flying at all and thats not something your able to do when you race pigeons All you can do is be out there while they are flying so if a hawk does takes one down you can rescue your bird. Even then its not always a possibility because sometimes it happens on their way home from a training run and other times as I have had happen to me they grab your bird and keep flying and there no way your keeping up with them then

[roxtar]

Thing was back again today while my birds were flying and it looks as if it's got something wrong with it because they (my birds) had a real easy time getting away from it. It landed on my roof after chasing them for about 20 seconds and just kinda sat there looking confused. I was scared to death and could hardly watch. He then lumbered on back to his tree when he realized that it was HIM that I was screaming and throwing things at . After seeing the way he ran head first into the side of my aviary and flapped about on the ground like a fish out of water for about 10 seconds yesterday, and the anemic effort he put forth today, I'm guessing it's either a juvenile that has no idea how to hunt yet or it's got something wrong with it's vision? I wonder if I should maybe call somebody to come out and look at him and see if he needs to be taken to get some help?

I'll bet mister wildlife officer would be kind of incredulous hearing from a pigeon flyer about a hawk that might need to be taken out of a tree to a different location.

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by roxtar

Thing was back again today while my birds were flying and it looks as if it's got something wrong with it because they (my birds) had a real easy time getting away from it. It landed on my roof after chasing them for about 20 seconds and just kinda sat there looking confused. I was scared to death and could hardly watch. He then lumbered on back to his tree when he realized that it was HIM that I was screaming and throwing things at . After seeing the way he ran head first into the side of my aviary and flapped about on the ground like a fish out of water for about 10 seconds yesterday, and the anemic effort he put forth today, I'm guessing it's either a juvenile that has no idea how to hunt yet or it's got something wrong with it's vision? I wonder if I should maybe call somebody to come out and look at him and see if he needs to be taken to get some help?

I'll bet mister wildlife officer would be kind of incredulous hearing from a pigeon flyer about a hawk that might need to be taken out of a tree to a different location.

How scary!! It may be just a young one and I doubt there's any real way to catch it unless it's grounded. Do me a favor. Let's keep the birds locked up Sunday. I can't take witnessing such a thing!!

[Trees Gray]

You probably should contact a wildlife officer if the bird continues to act disoriented, and be in distress and perhaps they can remove it and relocate it.

You might ask Nabisho,one of our members, who rehabs all kinds of birds, maybe he has a clue as to what may be going on.

Here is the wildlife rehabber link also:

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contactN.htm

[roxtar]

Originally Posted by Lovebirds

How scary!! It may be just a young one and I doubt there's any real way to catch it unless it's grounded. Do me a favor. Let's keep the birds locked up Sunday. I can't take witnessing such a thing!!

All right, I'll keep them in the cage while you're here. You'll have to at least go and pet them though. They spent almost a half hour up today, then they went and sat on the roof of the new loft.