Re: yard raptors

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3 total messages Started by P. Sterling Southern Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:31

#3359

Author: P. Sterling Southern
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:31

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No, no peregrines in my central North Carolina, wooded, yard.  A couple
of years back, however, I did have a red shouldered hawk who hung around
the back yard.  He/she was often sitting only a few feet above the
ground and quite close to the house.  The reason for all this was
apparently that he/she took a rather different view of the value of a
platform feeder.  A bird feeder, but at a different trophic level.
Never saw the hawk make a successful strike, but evidence indicated a
mourning dove or two were a bit slow when I was not around to protect
them.
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Re: yard raptors

#3368

Author: Toby Bradshaw
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:45

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After four years in the suburbs of Seattle, with a trained Harris'
hawk to help me spot the high-fliers:

bald eagle (causes the Harris' hawk to lay prone and quiet)
sharp-shinned hawk (regular winter predator at feeder)
Cooper's hawk (occasional year-round feeder marauder)
red-tailed hawk
merlin (likes to bounce house finches off the windows)
peregrine (several, like to come in and scope out the Harris')

Toby Bradshaw                       |
Department of Biochemistry          |  Will make genetic linkage maps
and College of Forest Resources     |            for food.
University of Washington, Seattle   |
toby@u.washington.edu               |

Re: yard raptors

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Author: Ed Matthews
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:01

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In article <1993Jan26.173153.13920@ncsu.edu> ssouther@ent1.ent.ncsu.edu (P. Sterling Southern) writes:

>No, no peregrines in my central North Carolina, wooded, yard.  A couple

I'm jealous.  My wife has been out sick for a while and she told me last
night that she and her mother watched the Peregrine hunt in our back
yard for three hours yesterday.  I have not known it to frequent any one
place for an extended period of time before.

Ed Matthews                                   Internet: edm@verdix.com
(703) 318-5800 work                          "Have scope, will travel"
Winchester, Virginia
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Ed Matthews                                                edm@verdix.com
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Verdix Corporation Headquarters                            (703) 318-5800

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