Falcon

We are having Yote and wild hog problems (isn't everyone) our rabbits,quail, turkey and the deer population is way down. One state did a survey on the young deer and found that yotes kill approx 60% of the population of fawns. We are slowly thinning them out here (something to hunt during the summer months) One neighbor killed 33 hogs on his farm in the last month, they are destroying the pastures and crops something terrible.

If you want to be rid of the coyotes, and hunt or have a friend who hunts: set out a fish or if you don't have that, several open cans of tuna in an open area close to a hide and kill the leader as well as any more that arrive. At twilight, the coyotes are spotted most often. If they have large enough numbers they'll brazenly roam in broad daylight. It's legal to shoot coyotes on your own property in GA especially if they've been aggressive toward humans and pets.

Glad he called the two dogs back; sometimes the coyotes will lead them back to the pack and ambush them. Coyotes are near the top of the IQ ranking of wild land animals.

DutchmenSport wrote:
Nature has interesting ways of maintaining a natural balance, doesn't it?

I never appreciated predators much. Necessary though.
We've had a big problem with coyotes since early 13. they have been right at our rear porch.
They have set up housekeeping somewhere on the ridge behind us, not more than 500 ft away. We've heard them just about every night.
The number off them has grown. Early last year Son In Law was walking two pups in the woods. They came upon a blow down.
Two coyotes came out and came for them,in a serious way.
He whistled and the mother Australian Shepard and Pop a Chocolate Lab came running and chased them for a ways. He called them back. Should have let them get them.
The hordes of turkeys have not been seen this year. just on Jake and two females and the deer have vamoosed.
The coyotes have scared or caught them.
The game trails around the ridge a re muudy at times and deep thanks to the coyotes.

down home wrote:
Sitting on west porch this am I saw a couple groups of crows near a Sycamore and cedar nearby. A Falcon? dove at the groups of what may be juveniles and they flew up into the cedar.
A few seconds later another falcon or the same one dove out of the the big oak on opposite side, of drive to the mature crow group of three. he was nearly on one crow as they flew to escape into trees further into the cove. I don't know if he got one or not. The juveniles in the cedar were crying. A minute or so later the juveniles were back on the ground around the cedar hunting bugs or grubs
I'm not up on the different Falcons an Hawks.
he was very large brown and golden alternating the wings and very pronounced hooked beak and swept back wings. Not guite as big as a Golden Eagle though.

Pick up a copy of National Geographic's Field Guide to Birds. They come in Eastern and Western editions.

It's quite an education and makes spotting birds that much more enjoyable.

Not a group of crows, but a "murder of crows" :)

Nature has interesting ways of maintaining a natural balance, doesn't it?