Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: Raven11:11 on January 09, 2011, 03:24:33 PM
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ok so here I am sitting watching football and all the birds have been acting as if the predators are patrolling ... and I am facing the back yard glass sliding door and notice on our mourning doves fly under our roof and in panic , 1 -2 feet from the glass door. A second later he is in the clutches of what looks like a hawk - I assume we dont have falcons in Toronto ??/ but this predator had wings that bent backwards like boomerangs and was small. a tad larger than the dove. I could have also sworn he had a rope or something tied to his right talon.
i jumped up and the open the door and he flew over the fence into the park behind our yard and then i yelled and he let the dove go, last thing I saw was the dove flying full throatily away and the hawk in pursuit. here I caught a close glimpse of it and YES he did have a thin rope tide to his right leg.
I feel sort of guilty that the doves we have ( had) are so comfortable in our yard, and now the raptors are taking them...
I know everyone must survive but we are very attached to the doves.
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This happens in our yard too. :( It's mainly hawks taking Pigeons or Starlings, but last summer I also witnessed a Kestrel snatch a sparrow right off the feeder. :(
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pardon my post ... I was in a bit of shock and the adrenaline going... plus with the football game going I was confused*
I feel a bit embarrassed too ... I should have know that falcons are common around here and i have seen + documented them many times in the past year and a half since I officially began birding.
It was a kestrel, 100% - but the last one I posted about this past summer that caught a field mouse did not have a leash on it.
This kestrel was fully grown and looked VERY well taken care of and beautiful !!
Our yard backs onto the melody village school park - aka Melody park. He had a definite leash or piece of string / leather. :oops: :oops:
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You mean like someone was hunting using a kestrel ? Wow...
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And I'm not feeling too good about the Pats meeting Sanchez in the playoffs....
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no personal offense but I cant stand the pats.... and that brady guy , after winning so much for so long its time to let underdogs take the crown.
just not them!!
Sorry for the off topic post. But it helps get my mind off the massive constipation I have from these pain meds. ...
And I'm not feeling too good about the Pats meeting Sanchez in the playoffs....