steve49
293 posts
Oct 04, 2009
7:04 AM
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yesterday mr cooper came swooping in just as i was calling my birds in, all were on the kitbox. the hawk scattered all the birds, but one yellow took off low into my neighbor's yard with the bop on his tail. the rest of the kit took to the air, as expected, and finally came down an hour later, and i quickly got them in. the yellow was missing. was this my first casualty? i was sure of it. when i went out around dinner time to check the birds, there was the yellow, unhurt, but unable to get in with the trap closed. i was not only relieved, but just couldn't believe she eluded the cooper, which was literally on her ass. not a feather out of order. i flew them early today, no sign of bop's. i realize i'm running out of time to fly, as the bop's will be here in full force, and my birds won't be as lucky next time.
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Steve in Blue Point, NY
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Electric-man
2460 posts
Oct 04, 2009
8:04 AM
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Escape artist or lucky? Sounds like a little of both maybe! Glad you got your bird back. I wouldnt fly for a few days and keep changing fly times if possible when you do.
Always warms my heart to hear a shark went hungry for the night!!! LOL
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Val
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steve49
294 posts
Oct 04, 2009
12:52 PM
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thanx Val. yep, it was nice to get that young one back. whether or not that shark went hungry we'll never know, but i bet you it fed on some other less fortunate bird.
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Steve in Blue Point, NY
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JDA
GOLD MEMBER
512 posts
Oct 04, 2009
5:11 PM
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Steve.... If you had 1 lb coffee can traps and not wire you could leave it open and cats or bop would not get into kit box. same idea as the elbows. Keep the lids and you put them on the kit you are not flying. JDA
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cv rollers
484 posts
Oct 04, 2009
9:51 PM
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i had the cooper take one, i seen it with my own eyes ,i counted it as a loss but to my surprise it was on top of my loft this afternoon ,we call him lucky now lol..he did have some scrapes in the feathers
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Rick Flores
coachellavalleyrollers.net
Last Edited by on Oct 04, 2009 9:52 PM
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katyroller
578 posts
Oct 05, 2009
11:47 AM
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It seems like the Coopers are getting more aggressive and attacking even when they aren't hungry. I've seen them play with a bird and let the bird escape or kill a bird and not eat it.
Tracey
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Electric-man
2461 posts
Oct 05, 2009
1:47 PM
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Well hell, I knew not to speak of the sharks or my luck would change! LOL
Luckily I didn't throw my a-team out first yesterday. Had a feeling with the change in the weather pattern this weekend, I knew the sharks would be showing up. Hadn't seen one in over a month, but had 2 yesterday. They scattered my B-kit and off they went in all directions. At last count, I was short 7 but noticed a couple rollers circling just before dark. I know there was one for sure got killed. The first coop caught one and the other coop attacked it so the first one dropped its kill and they went on and faught over the teritory I'm guessing to what was going on. While they were chasing each other around, they lost focus on my birds and several of my B-team made it in. The one they hit died though.
Lost 8 of my A-team to an over fly last week. A few weeks ago, I had more young than I had kit perches, now, I'm already setting with empty perches. Its just begun too!!!
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Val
Last Edited by on Oct 05, 2009 1:47 PM
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