Mrs.Greg said:Boy Mike your sure right about the little hawks being ferocious...last summer we were out in our yard having a weiner roast when we listened to a bird murder happen,small hawk and I'm not sure what the other one was,couldn't see for the trees,Anyway the hawk I assume was attacking a nest,mama bird tried to defend herself,oh it was awful,the hawk attacked and attacked,and the other bird screamed in pain...we've never heard anything like it and hope not to again.....Mike said:Those smaller hawks can be ferocious for their size.
I have a friend who raises a couple of 100,000 quail each year in flight pens with nylon netting for cover. Those hawks swoop down and make the quail fly into the netting, then catch the quail, and eat them through the net.
Some of them are smaller than the quail.
Mrs. Greg, During the traumatic experience at your weiner roast, the attitudes towards nature may have affected some small children permanently.
NEXT TIME LET THE DANG HAWK HAVE A HOTDOG!
THAT MAMA BIRD COULD STILL BE LIVING IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU!
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