Joe Valdivia
16 posts
Dec 03, 2009
11:00 AM
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This morning when i was out feeding my birds i took out one of my best cockbird's to show a friend, who was about to stop by, and put him in a show cage on top of my kit box. I went inside for about 15 min to get some coffee and when i came out a coopers hawk had killed him and was literally pulling his body through the wiring. These hawks are ridiculously relentless.
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rookie from ct
GOLD MEMBER
179 posts
Dec 03, 2009
12:05 PM
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Wow Joe sorry for your loss,yes those BOP are nasty when i use to have quail i can't tell you how many times the hawks use to try to pull the cages apart by holding on with there feet and flap there wings.Sucks that there is not much we can do about it. Dennis
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darkhorse09
148 posts
Dec 03, 2009
1:58 PM
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Sorry to hear your story Joe. A similar thing happened with my rollers in the UK. The sparrowhawk grabbed onto the wire mesh front of my loft and tried to get the pigeons. Lucky my family member went outside and it got spooked and flew off when it saw them.
Thats why I be be careful in letting my best rollers out now.
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az-je
74 posts
Dec 03, 2009
3:24 PM
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We had the same thing happen with youngsters in a cage on the kitbox for trap training. 1 dead and a 2nd injured right in the cage. They were afraid to come outside after that. Hawk shocked for sure.
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donnie james
814 posts
Dec 03, 2009
5:27 PM
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hay joe very sorry to hear about your lost and az-je sorry for your lost too............
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Donny James
"Fly The Best And Cull The Rest"
"Saying One Thing;Doing Its Another"
"Keep Your Head Planted In The Sky And Wings Spanned Wide"
1996 Piedmont Roller Club Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Portsmouth Roller Club Participation Award System Recipient 1994 '96 '97 And 2000
2001 Limestone,Ohio Sportsman's Club Lifetime Member Recipient
2002Portsmouth Roller Club Certified Judge
2004Portsmouth Roller Club Lifetime Member Recipient
"Miss Portsmouth"NBRC/90/J311 Rusty Dun Check Self Hen First Bird To Get Certified In Portsmouth Roller Club History With A Score Of 53 Judge By Joe Roe The 1993 World Cup Winner And John Bender The 1994 World Cup Winner
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