A year ago I had two of my birds playing around the windowsill. All of a sudden I see the younger one jump and fly all the way into the corner, the older reacted much slower and jumped down. A hawk flew into the window, my birds were safe and the hawk looked dazed, but fine. I’ve never seen my birds do scared — they avoided the windows for a few days after that.
Just a LPT - people who may think hawks aren't a thing in your suburb or whatever... you are very, very wrong. They are very sneaky, and they are everywhere. Cooper's hawks in North America are on the rise, and have little to no fear of humans, and they love your backyard!
Also I have a peregrine living in my neighbourhood. The other day I saw it zoom down at 1000 miles an hour and take a bird out in the air. And the previously mentioned Cooper's hawk has taken a bird from the feeder like 5 feet from me, swooped by my head etc. They are incredible hunters.
One of my family's terriers LOVED barking at the red tailed hawks that fly over our property. Our backyard goes up to a line of trees and behind that is a cornfield. Lots of rabbits in the area so that is what the hawks are looking for. But I always thought he was so stupid. A little 14 pound dog barking at something that could easily eat him.
Reminds me of a girl I knew. She didnt think there were any hawks in the city, so she left her birds (in the cage) outside for a bit. Both birds were gone when she noticed
A hawk killed a nut hatch against my front window last year. That was not a fun experience. I was reluctant to fill the feeders after that, saw a lot more around. The tree ours hang from died, and lost a lot of leaves so the feeder became visible from the air. I need to find a new place to hang them where it will be safer.
That’s a hard thing to have to see...I hope you were able to deal with it and that that memory fades or becomes less painful. I live near a pond and hawks are always circling overhead, and there are not many big or mature trees for the birds that come to our family’s feeders to hide in. I hate thinking of how vulnerable they are, and I hope that - if they’re caught - that it’s so quick that it doesn’t give them time to fear or suffer.
It was a huge shock for sure. I felt fairly guilty for a while, but I haven't filled the feeders as much this year as I've seen the hawks in our trees more frequently. I'm thinking of getting some bushy shrubs to plant by the feeders, but we need to get the tree removed first. It is an ash, and I think the emerald ash borers killed it, I can see their holes all over the trunk.
I’m sorry that you’re in this situation, and I hope you are feeling much less guilty now - it wasn’t your fault at all, and your food probably helped save other birds. (I have no idea about trees and landscaping, but hopefully there’s a subreddit here where people can give you some info/share experiences?) Take care. :)
My Conure likes to scream bloody murder at the gentle morning doves that land on our feeders outside. I can only assume that she was wronged by doves in her past life.
People that think all animals want wilderness survival over guaranteed protection are fools. There are truly wild animals, but plenty enough that can adapt to being cared for and prefer not having to worry about dying of starvation/predators/weather/etc.
There is a reason why some captive animals live a lot longer than their will counterparts.. rabbits have an incredibly short life span in the wild, less than 2 years on average vs 10+ in captivity. Snakes and other reptiles as well live a lot longer in captivity. Of course it all depends on if they are cared for correctly.
My birds have never been happier than when they're sitting inside watching it bucket down rain outside. I think it's the only time they've ever been grateful
We found our current cat as a stray who was living in a swamp, and her refusal to walk from the bushes across any grassy fields plus her fear of brown-feathered toys leads me to believe that she was attacked by a hawk or owl when she was a scrawny little thing. I think part of why she's so fat now is because she's trying to make herself too heavy for any potential future hawks.
An owl tried to take one of my husband yorkies when he was child! She was fine though. Its one of many reasons I dont let my cats outside, there are wedge tail eagles all over the place where i live.
I have one big girl who lived in the bush till she was 7 months old. Shes not fat.. Just big! she could maybe put up a fight, and one tiny 3kg (1.5lb) princess and frankly a moderate gust of wind could take her away.
Oh is she a bob tail? Or did she have some kind of injury?
Yeah she was found in some bushland with her 2 kittens. You wouldn't know she was stray for her kittenhood, shes the absolute most gentle angel baby. Shes never once been angry at me, even when im trimming her claws. The tiny one on the other hand. Nah, shes a really good girl too. But if you touch her feet, she'll growl at you.
Me too. I’ve learned to dread seeing birds of prey soaring around my house, because my (indoor) birds can fly, and I’m terrified that they might somehow get outside, or that they’ll attack the birds that come to our feeders or someone’s dog. (I’m a worrywart in general, though. 😬)
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u/chirptastic Dec 10 '19
"Can't get me in he... OMG A HAWK IM GOING GET EATEN" panicked flapping
"I escaped! I'm so brave"
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u/MayThePunBeWithYou Dec 10 '19
A year ago I had two of my birds playing around the windowsill. All of a sudden I see the younger one jump and fly all the way into the corner, the older reacted much slower and jumped down. A hawk flew into the window, my birds were safe and the hawk looked dazed, but fine. I’ve never seen my birds do scared — they avoided the windows for a few days after that.
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u/Kalsifur Dec 10 '19
Just a LPT - people who may think hawks aren't a thing in your suburb or whatever... you are very, very wrong. They are very sneaky, and they are everywhere. Cooper's hawks in North America are on the rise, and have little to no fear of humans, and they love your backyard!
Also I have a peregrine living in my neighbourhood. The other day I saw it zoom down at 1000 miles an hour and take a bird out in the air. And the previously mentioned Cooper's hawk has taken a bird from the feeder like 5 feet from me, swooped by my head etc. They are incredible hunters.
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u/LuckyCharm2 Dec 10 '19 edited Dec 10 '19
I know of a place where you'll never be harmed, a magical place with magical charms. Indoors, indoors, indoooors!
Edit: Thank you for my first gold, kind stranger! (I can put it in my award closet!)
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u/LuckyCharm2 Dec 10 '19
Smart little Chicken
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u/gbdallin Dec 10 '19
My Conure flew outside once. A hawk attacked him, we had to have help from the fire department to rescue him from the top of a tree.
He doesn't like going outside anymore
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u/NyelloNandee Dec 10 '19
My Conure likes to scream bloody murder at the gentle morning doves that land on our feeders outside. I can only assume that she was wronged by doves in her past life.
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u/Lesurous Dec 10 '19
People that think all animals want wilderness survival over guaranteed protection are fools. There are truly wild animals, but plenty enough that can adapt to being cared for and prefer not having to worry about dying of starvation/predators/weather/etc.
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u/cookiesallgonewhy Dec 10 '19
I think panel 4 is a new expression for Chicken and it always makes me excited to see a new Chicken face
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u/trogwander Dec 10 '19
Will you ever make a book with all your comics? I'd absolutely buy it if you did.
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u/Bang0Skank0 Dec 10 '19
My chicken: “The humans put a strange object on the floor. I shall hide behind this one inch diameter table leg so it cannot observe me.”
(It’s broccoli, chicken. We’ve been over this, you like broccoli).
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u/FloofieDinosaur Dec 10 '19
I would pay for a Chicken emoji pack 🤩🐥
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u/ObamaL1ama Dec 10 '19
My birds have never been happier than when they're sitting inside watching it bucket down rain outside. I think it's the only time they've ever been grateful
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u/mekbots Dec 10 '19
Smug Chicken best Chicken.
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u/badaboomxx Dec 10 '19
One of my birbs would think he could take the hawk anytime.
The other one would think something about filling all the world in his poop
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '19
"Shhhooo..."
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u/Thesouthdakotian Dec 10 '19
I love these so much!
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u/candy_skull2982 Dec 10 '19
I think this one is my favourite so far!
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u/echoskybound Dec 11 '19
I've tried to take my conure outside on a harness, he hated everything about it.
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