if they are in a pile probably hawk
Posted By: mdlfcrs on 2007-11-15
In Reply to: So that's why I find feathers in my front yard sm - mlstoo
sometimes actualy a circle pile. Cats usually scatter them more.
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Add my 'missed ya' to da mail pile...))) Glad you're okay Hayseed!!
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Maybe it was a bird - a hawk!
My hubby saw one land in our back yard. I'm grateful my dogs are over 50 lbs so they can't get carried off. But a small cat? Maybe. I saw a red tailed hawk carry off a large cottonmouth snake once. Flew right over our truck hood. Loved it.
My MIL has a hawk that visits her
bird feeder, and it's a normal Cooper's hawk. They are famous for this activity. But I think the one I get might be a red tail. At my MIL's he seems to be after doves, but my hawk seems to come when babies are on the ground - usual the red thrasher babies. I have seen this hawk sitting up on a branch of my oak tree, looking down. I know to look for him when there isn't a bird in sight around my feeders. I agree, dense bushes, preferably evergreen and ones that get berries the birds like are ideal companions to bird feeders.
Take the birdfeeders down for a few days until the hawk flies away. nm
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red tailed hawk and a pair of blue herons..sm
were the most facinating to me, very majestic...the wingspan on the herons is gigatic! We also have seen a family of wild turkeys recently and always cardinals here in KY. When I lived on the south shore of Long Island in NY there sandpipers, terns and egrets and one winter there was a snowy white owl (like on the old cigar boxes). The seagulls get a little loud though. The birds are a real pleasure...
Can't wait till spring!  Cat
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