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HemetGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
573 Posts
Terri
Hemet
CA
USA
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 Posted - Feb 25 2013 : 1:05:20 PM
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Does anyone else have trouble with hawks attacking the little birds on the feeders? How can you keep the hawks away?
Terri |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 25 2013 : 3:37:43 PM
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Terri: The hawks do that on our feeders. Their hungary, also! They keep chasing all the smaller birds away. Good luck.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Feb 25 2013 : 5:42:33 PM
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it's the circle of life, you're feeding all birds in a sense, if you don't want to feed the hawks, don't feed the birds
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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HemetGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
573 Posts
Terri
Hemet
CA
USA
573 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2013 : 5:49:12 PM
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Marly and Tina, thank you. You are right. The hawks are beautiful creatures that need food too. I have tons of sparrows and finches but only one hawk.
Thanks for putting that into perspective.
Terri
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HemetGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
573 Posts
Terri
Hemet
CA
USA
573 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2013 : 5:51:09 PM
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Tina,
I used to have a friend who lived in Quartz Hill off Ave L.
She is gone now but I enjoyed seeing the poppies in bloom when I visited her. Are they out yet?
Terri
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Feb 25 2013 : 6:09:31 PM
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no poppies yet, and with lack of rain, we may not have a good showing this year...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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LeighErica
True Blue Farmgirl
306 Posts
Erica
PA
USA
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Posted - Feb 26 2013 : 04:33:55 AM
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I get the hawks too. My little birdies seem to be surviving his company though. One morning I was making coffee and looked out the dining room window...and there was a hawk watching me from my lilac bush...which is next to the house. He scared me at first..but, when I went to go get my camera he had flown away. I can tell when a hawk is around..the birds will either freeze right where they are at...or just disappear. I am not overly concerned with the hawk hanging around. I know they take the little birds...but, I have also seen them grab mice and snakes (in the warmer months), and fly away...I appreciate that:) Erica
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HemetGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
573 Posts
Terri
Hemet
CA
USA
573 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2013 : 1:57:08 PM
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Thanks for sharing, Erica. My neighbor is the one who saw the hawk attack yesterday and the birdies are all back today so I guess that is just the balance of Nature.
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