LittleJohn
27 posts
Mar 14, 2009
8:26 AM
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Just came in from the loft, and as I was out there a flock of more than 15 redtails came by my place.
There were 3 or 4 crows on the outside edges harassing them. It was wild to see so many redtails alltogether like that. I'll be glad when they move on so I can start flying my birds.
I am in south central PA. Anyone else starting to see the hawk migration happening in their area?
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gotspin7
2315 posts
Mar 14, 2009
8:27 AM
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LittleJohn, I am not from PA but I have seen it in the past, I believe they are migrating which is a great thing!
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Sal Ortiz
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LittleJohn
28 posts
Mar 14, 2009
8:29 AM
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You got that right, and the sooner the better!!
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JDA
GOLD MEMBER
183 posts
Mar 14, 2009
10:13 AM
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Be glad, the crows are herding them out of your state. LOL. JDA
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JBow
53 posts
Mar 14, 2009
10:39 AM
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Here in kansas red tails are as common as sparrows, there everywhere. In the spring we get mass migrations of them. I think they all stay in kansas lol. Any time now they will be coming through and its not uncommon to see hundreds of them up soaring around. I know this sounds unbeleiveable, but its true. After that they go into there mating games which is really a site to see, I just wish they would do all this somewhere else. Jim Bowen
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Sunflower
GOLD MEMBER
336 posts
Mar 14, 2009
11:05 AM
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Jim,
I've got tons of redtails around right now. I was visited by my first sky shark on Thursday and he took the best bird in the kit. I have found generally speaking that the redtails don't bother my birds and they tend to keep the sharks at bay.
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Keep em Spinning
Joe
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CSRA
1759 posts
Mar 15, 2009
5:09 AM
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I have seen as many as 3 to 400 at one time migrating
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bigwilly
879 posts
Mar 15, 2009
5:19 AM
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wow
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BIG WILLY
TOPP FLIGHT/NCRC
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JBow
54 posts
Mar 15, 2009
10:54 AM
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Joe i got hit two days ago and i lost a decent cock bird out of my c team. about 3 weeks ago i lost to great hens out of my a team. Things aren't looking good here. Jim
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JBow
55 posts
Mar 15, 2009
10:54 AM
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Joe i got hit two days ago and i lost a decent cock bird out of my c team. about 3 weeks ago i lost to great hens out of my a team. Things aren't looking good here. Jim
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nicksiders
GOLD MEMBER
3317 posts
Mar 15, 2009
2:30 PM
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Redtails rarely bother me. I have a pair nesting nearby and they chase off the Coopers. If any of my birds are dumb enough to be caught by a Redtail then they would be a cull anyway.
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Just My Take On Things
Nick Siders
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LittleJohn
33 posts
Mar 15, 2009
2:36 PM
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Thanks Nicksiders, appreciate the info on that. I have heard people say that their birds can outrun a redtail, but the way you put it....makes very good sense!
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Pumpkin Man
69 posts
Mar 15, 2009
5:51 PM
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I'm seeing my local Red tails nesting here in central Kentucky now. I've never lost a bird to a red tail, just Coopers. I see Coopers nearly every day still.
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JBow
56 posts
Mar 16, 2009
10:21 AM
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I've seen pairs of red tails get under a kit and run them up clean out of site and work them for hours and hours. They are two big and slow to get them but they will loose them for you. They will ruin a fly for you.
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az-je
50 posts
Mar 16, 2009
4:25 PM
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We almost always have redtails in our area (Dewey AZ)
They don't bother the rollers at all. (freaks them out at 1st and the rollers get scattered out of the kit but never has the redtail attempted to or killed a roller) He keeps a close watch on the neighbor's chickens tho.
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2708 posts
Mar 16, 2009
4:46 PM
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JBow I have 4 here that does that every now and then..ruins the fly all the time ..the red tail can't catch my birds because they are slow but the birds don't fly the same for that day.
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Ralph.
miss opportunity are the curse of potential well if opportunity is not knocking you build the door...
Last Edited by on Mar 16, 2009 4:49 PM
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LittleJohn
35 posts
Mar 16, 2009
4:56 PM
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smeyer02
I live in York county, so we call it "south central" I guess. About 45 minutes straight north of Baltimore.
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