[TN-Bird] Re: How do you discourage hawks?
- From: "Ken Hale" <khale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 22:40:02 -0500
Allie,
You must first realize that all predators are opportunistic. Just like a
hungry fisherman stands over a river full of spawning trout, so stand
raptors over a yard full of songbirds. If you concentrate the prey, the
predators will come. You see, feeding hawks is no different than feeding
house finches, gold finches, sparrows, cardinals and blue-jays. If you
attract one with a handout, the other will come as well.
Now, how do you discourage hawks? I'm not sure. Everyone that feeds birds
has the same problem. You have just been fortunate enough to observe the
hawks. If you discourage one, you discourage the other. An age old dilema
without much of an answer.
Enjoy both, realizing that the songbirds have learned to adapt to birds of
prey. They have defensive mechanisims, flight, camoflage, strength in
numbers like schools of menhaiden being pursued by king mackrel. Some get
eaten, some fall to other forms of natural mortality, and the rest survive
until spring to reproduce.
Sorry about the diatribe.
Ken Hale
Bristol, TN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allie Dreyer" <adreyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:29 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] How do you discourage hawks?
> A hawk or two have started to occasionally patrol our yard and bird
> feeders. This has discouraged (or worse) the regular birds visiting our
> backyard. Are there any hawk discouragement remedies?
>
> Thanks
>
> Allie Dreyer
> Murfreesboro TN
>
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