Sound Rollers
72 posts
Oct 18, 2009
7:42 AM
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Where does the majority of the attacks take place in the air or after landing?
John
Last Edited by on Oct 18, 2009 7:42 AM
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wannaroll
75 posts
Oct 18, 2009
8:43 AM
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if you have coopers or sharp skins the attacks will be low when you let them out and when you trap them in. If they are in the air it's probably going to be a Perigrine, Merlin or a Prarie Falcon
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Dave - Hesperia, CA.
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Ty Coleman
779 posts
Oct 18, 2009
9:08 AM
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Dave, thank God i dont have falcons but the coopers eat me up when the birds are leaving the kit box just reaching tree top level and when comeing down at tree top level. Ambush predators !
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Ty
Vapor Trail Lofts
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Sound Rollers
73 posts
Oct 18, 2009
9:39 AM
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Sounds like I'm going to have problems at the treetops.
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John
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lew3015
55 posts
Oct 18, 2009
2:17 PM
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The coopers are good at flying in low, hiding behind trees or shrubs and spooking the birds up that are setting on the loft, than taking the slowest one. I have also had them come in and chase a low flying bird until it can grab it right out of the air. Coopers are fast they are in and out before you realize what's happened.
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Lew
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Squabby*32
104 posts
Oct 19, 2009
1:43 PM
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I have only had a few attacks from the coop and he always hits me when the kit is coming in after flying. It really is disheartening to watch.
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DJJeffman Spinners
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Pinwheel
3 posts
Oct 19, 2009
2:34 PM
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For me its always been at tree top level or lower. Matter of fact just had three squeeks out that I hand raised, and while i was bent down a cooper came out of no where and spooked them, chasing em around the yard even as i was there. But luckily they dove on the ground and into the tree and then promptly came down to me. I would have been disappointed, cause im a little more so attached to these guys. They even have names.
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RodSD
363 posts
Oct 19, 2009
6:21 PM
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For me it is during landing. Cooper hawk uses surprise ambush technique. When it didn't succeed and becomes desperate it tries to get them in the air causing my birds to fly very high. Usually though it waits for them to land, then it attacks again.
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macsrollers
212 posts
Oct 19, 2009
10:31 PM
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It really depends on where you live. At my house Coopers rarely chase my birds in the air. They may take a shot at them when they land or if I have squeakers being roofed. But in many part of Southern California the Coopers have adapted their hunting skills more like a falcon where they hit them in the air, try to drive them up, etc. The past few years here the Perigines here have been hunting lower then ever to the point of being right over the trees, which I never saw prior to this past 2 years. High or low, the BOP's are making it more and more difficult to enjoy this hobby. But they won't drive me out because I love flying rollers too much. Maybe some day when I retire I will be able to move to where no BOP's are present- That would be roller heaven. But heaven will have to wait because my family is more important so I live where I live because that is where my family is and that is where my job best provides for my wife and son. Maybe some day! Enjoy your next fly! Don M. LVRC
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