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Birders

MoonchildCA

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18. My feeders are well protected under a canopy of large oak and pine trees.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #17)

Wed Mar 17, 2021, 12:19 PM

Mar 2021

This one was likely nabbed off the phone lines next door where they often hang out in the afternoon.

I’m of the mind that feeding them helps with their overall survival. We have infringed on so much of their natural habitat. I also provide water. We are in a severe drought, our seasonal river below my house is bone dry this year.

I’m sure if I had a hawk that regularly hunted at my feeder, I would rethink the situation though.

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I'm feeling disturbed. I just had a National Geograpic moment in my back yard. [View all] MoonchildCA Mar 2021 OP

;-( elleng Mar 2021 #1

I'm sorry... this is why I almost never watch nature shows. Nature is violent. Karadeniz Mar 2021 #2

It really is. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #4

Maybe we can train them to like vegetables... Karadeniz Mar 2021 #5

I feed my friends here in Central Maine. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2021 #3

It's a sight that does live in your head for a long time. LakeArenal Mar 2021 #6

I will hurt with you. MuseRider Mar 2021 #7

Was driving out by Auburn Lake,... magicarpet Mar 2021 #8

At the end of summer I was looking out in my backyard. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #9

I had something similar happen in my backyard. After the hawk was done... brush Mar 2021 #10

There are drips of bright red blood on my fire pit cover. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #12

I was on the phone one day dweller Mar 2021 #11

I actually did snap a couple of morbid photos. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #14

harsh realities markie Mar 2021 #13

I have had a Cooper's hawk here recently. Grasswire2 Mar 2021 #15

So sorry to hear SheltieLover Mar 2021 #16

I hate that part. Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 #17

My feeders are well protected under a canopy of large oak and pine trees. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #18

I do have a hawk that uses my property and the area behind my property as a hunting ground. Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 #19