Man this is going to be a long martin season for me trying to protect my Children against the Raptor's, i am getting hawk attacks everyday now, just had another one at 9am this monday morning with me right among all my PM housing , it seems as if it doesn't matter that i am present or not the attacks come so fast and furious and they are Over equally as quick.
You see the thing is it happens so fast that generally i don't even have time to react to the attack, this is a larger Hawk this time attacking my colony, i don't know if he is a resident Hawk or one that will move on, usually i see hawks in my neighborhood around (I-20 & carrier Pkwy)here in Texas all year long...they never seem to leave our area.I am open for any suggestions if anyone has anything to say that might help.
Hawk attacks everyday now
-
klcretired
- Posts: 2174
- Joined: Tue Nov 18, 2003 3:06 am
- Location: Grand Prairie,Tx
Pictures Taken with Canon Rebel XT Digital using a Sigma 50-500 Long Lens.
Wishing everyone a Great Martin Year
Happy Martining for 2022 to everyone,
K.C.
[email protected]
Wishing everyone a Great Martin Year
Happy Martining for 2022 to everyone,
K.C.
[email protected]
-
Peggy Riley
- Posts: 885
- Joined: Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:21 pm
- Location: TX/Tolar
No suggestions here, just wanted to let you know that I have dealt with that the last two seasons. The Sharpie finally moved on but then there's the Coopers hawks. I've had both and your're right, they are very bold.
All we can do is try to intervene when we can. Hopefully you'll see relief soon.
Peggy
All we can do is try to intervene when we can. Hopefully you'll see relief soon.
Peggy
klc... for the most part the hawks you can see are not the ones to worry about. Cooper's and Sharpies sit in the open and/or soar less often than Red-tails and Red-shoulders.
The good/bad news is that the Houston area probably lies on the route of a LOT of migrating hawks. Coming back from down south they will mostly avoid crossing open water and skirt the Gulf instead, then angling northeast through Texas.
Sharpies will all be moving on, as will most Coopers. My own observations pretty much agree with the Breeding Bird Survey Data...
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3330id.html
I have seen breeding Coopers in the Hill Country and seen probable breeders out in far West Texas, but they appear pretty thin on the ground in summer everywhere else in Texas (folks feel free to step in and correct me here).
If I were a betting man, I'd bet that your hawk problems will be over before serious martin reproduction gets underway.
Oh yeah, judging by our martins' reaction, we got attacked again at dusk on Friday.
Mike Scully
The good/bad news is that the Houston area probably lies on the route of a LOT of migrating hawks. Coming back from down south they will mostly avoid crossing open water and skirt the Gulf instead, then angling northeast through Texas.
Sharpies will all be moving on, as will most Coopers. My own observations pretty much agree with the Breeding Bird Survey Data...
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3330id.html
I have seen breeding Coopers in the Hill Country and seen probable breeders out in far West Texas, but they appear pretty thin on the ground in summer everywhere else in Texas (folks feel free to step in and correct me here).
If I were a betting man, I'd bet that your hawk problems will be over before serious martin reproduction gets underway.
Oh yeah, judging by our martins' reaction, we got attacked again at dusk on Friday.
Mike Scully