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| Conservation Issues and Notices A new location to post Conservation Issues and Notices in place or or in addition to discussions on the Main Stripertalk Forum |
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01-27-2011, 11:02 AM
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THANK YOU, nice lookin bird,see him couple time a week. now I know where the piles of feathers have been coming from I see all year round.
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01-29-2011, 09:21 AM
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Location: Sturbridge MA
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I dont know, i have a feeling this is a Sharp Shinned Hawk, very very similar to a Coopers Hawk. Sharp Shinned are a little smaller and are very common in our are this time of year. I had one on my deck a couple years ago. He/she shredded my picnic table where it hung out all the time watching the bird feeder. My aunt stopped by who is an ornithologist and she explained the difficulty distinguishing the two birds.
Identifying Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks |
Everything is better on the rocks.
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01-29-2011, 10:59 AM
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Rob Rockcrawler, GREAT INFO, after looking at the picture again,Im going to say Juvenile Coopers. he or she should be back an Ill get another look. thank you.
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01-29-2011, 12:26 PM
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one give away is the flight behavior which often identifies Birds
and this ones habit was to Blast into shrubbery to grab it's prey.
Watchin blue jays today and how they use this one bush as cover
and defense rather than use the maple tree LIMBS because they
Know how fast that HAWK is.... usually 70 MPH at least
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01-30-2011, 08:23 AM
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talking about Bluejays why is it I always see an have them around in the fall an winter, but during the summer I don't see them that much.
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01-30-2011, 08:38 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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because they are meat eaters
you can roast a chicken and pull it apart
after your done for sandwiches and whatever
put the leftover carcase out on a picnic table or other raised Flat spot
and watch them canabilize it...
during the summer they are busy making nests and Babies and they
also go around as Marauders steeling baby birds same as crows do.
one good thing about them is they eat the larger Grasshoppers
that the smaller birds have a tough time with
the other thing i like about them is they are your eyes in the sky
and very few feral cats ,foxes,and coyotes can sneak onto your property
"unseen" if you'll pay attention to the rapid alarm call they
make in unison.
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