Hi, I just saw a grey bird, about the size of a pigeon, fly into some of my trees. I only saw the back
of it. It was sort of a grey and it spread its tail and chortled before it flew away. The end of the tail, about two inches up from the edge had, I think, two black parallel bands running across it. I'm
especially concerned about keeping any predatory birds away from my feeders so am especially concerned about what type of bird this is. I know, for some stupid reason, some people introduced pergrine falcons into our city. I don't think this was a pegrine falcon but am not sure. Sparrow hawk?
Another question is that I find that sometimes the birds
around my feeders and surrounding area are very talkative and active. Sometimes they will suddenly
go absolutely quiet for anywhere up to an hour or more, then become active again. I wonder if a bird of prey may be in the area and do birds go suddenly quiet if there is? When the grey bird flew into my trees the birds were not silent but continued to fly around and chirp. I live in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Posted 08 July 2012 - 12:35 AM
It was probably a Sharp-shinned or Cooper's Hawk, they like to hunt around feeders. Just out of curiosity, why do you think it's "stupid" that Peregrines were reintroduced to your city? I say reintroduced because the Peregrines were probably there long before there was a city. As for keeping pradatory birds away from your feeders, about the only way to do that is to take the feeders down and not attract any birds, if you attract songbirds you are eventually going to attract the raptors that feed on them. Why not just enjoy the raptors along with all the other birds. After all, it's nature and raptors gotta eat, too.
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Posted 08 July 2012 - 01:11 AM
Agree 100% with fisherman. Peregrines do well in cities because there are so many pigeons there to eat. It's hard to be a true nature lover if you pick and choose which kinds to like. Nature would work in perfect balance if we would let it.
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Posted 08 July 2012 - 03:06 AM
The tall building in large cities emulate the cliffs where peregrines would normally nest. I think the pigeons and starlings seem to be keeping way ahead of the hawks and falcons population-wise.
My take is that my bird feeders feed all the birds regardless of what their diet is.
My take is that my bird feeders feed all the birds regardless of what their diet is.
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