Sam Report post Posted October 31, 2012 While doing some work at the kitchen table, I heard some rustling in the leaves outside the window. I kept looking out and didn't see anything. Finally, I looked at the ground under a bougainvillea bush and saw this young hawk with a dead pigeon. He must have just caught it and brought it to the shade to kill it it. Once dead, he began to have lunch. Pretty cool and I got to watch him from the window, about 5 feet away. Here are a few pics........ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nighthawk Report post Posted October 31, 2012 Awesome!!! Taken care of those pigeons for you!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prowlerMan Report post Posted October 31, 2012 Nice! Wish I had a few of them hawks around here! Came home today to find a whole flock feasting away at my new seed in my yard. They'd probably save me some money in pellets too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZbowhntr Report post Posted October 31, 2012 Cool pictures. I got to watch a hawk kill a pigeon once while I was doing a home inspection. I stopped and got my binoculars out of the truck to watch for about 10 min. It was pretty cool. It was like the hawk was kneading dough with his talons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jbird Report post Posted October 31, 2012 I think it's a Sharp Shinned Hawk. I have them at my house in town every year. One caught an Inca Dove in mid air right next to me. I felt its wings on my head and there was a "poof" of feathers in the air. They're bird specialists. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twigsnapper Report post Posted October 31, 2012 That's awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted October 31, 2012 When I was about 11 years old I found a baby hawk that couldn't fly yet. We called them chicken hawks, don't know what their real name is...... I would go to my dad's pig farm and catch mice to feed to it. It grew and matured and one day I took it out and turned it loose. Was a really fun experience. I would set him up on the roof of the house then put a small mouse down on the lawn, then watch him nail that poor little thing. They are a very interesting part of our wildlife......cool pics and condolences to the victim....................... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SunDevil Report post Posted October 31, 2012 cool. thanks for sharing. there use to be a bird of prey that hung out by the bldg I work in. every once in awhile you would look out the window and see feathers falling. we knew the falcon/hawk was having lunch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trophyhnter Report post Posted November 1, 2012 Cool pics! I saw a hawk pluck a squirrel out of a pine tree in the kiabab while I was up in a treestandoverlooking water! I hear a swoosh and see a blur as it grabs the squirrel does a summersault and lands with the squirrel pinned to on the ground wings open! Scared the heck out of me! Cool stuff! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigMoqui Report post Posted November 1, 2012 Same thing happened at my house about this time last year except it was a mourning dove. Gotta love those predators. And the last pic is pretty cool too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted November 2, 2012 cool pics. It's not a young hawk, but an adult Cooper's Hawk or perhaps a Sharp-shinned hawk. They are very similar with the Cooper's being larger and very common in urban areas. U of A has several of them banded in Tucson to study how they use the urban environment. As has been mentioned, they specialize in feeding on birds. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingW Report post Posted November 2, 2012 Cooper's are some pigeon killing machines . I raise Roller pigeons and out of the 160 or so babies I hatch out a year , I loose 50-75 a year to hawks . Mostly Cooper's..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted November 2, 2012 Cooper's are some pigeon killing machines . I raise Roller pigeons and out of the 160 or so babies I hatch out a year , I loose 50-75 a year to hawks . Mostly Cooper's..... Ouch.....so they aren't on your favorite list. What do you do with the Roller pigeons??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingW Report post Posted November 3, 2012 Cooper's are some pigeon killing machines . I raise Roller pigeons and out of the 160 or so babies I hatch out a year , I loose 50-75 a year to hawks . Mostly Cooper's..... Ouch.....so they aren't on your favorite list. What do you do with the Roller pigeons??? I fly the young ones and the top performers eventually replace my older breeding birds. Of course culling is part of the selection process and the bop's (birds of prey) assist me quite well with that. I've been raising birds for nearly 25 years and understand its all part of nature . I still hate feeding the hawks and wish they would eats the doves in my neighborhood instead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted November 4, 2012 Flying W......that sounds pretty fun........would like to see that sometime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
