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- From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
- Newsgroups: rec.birds
- Subject: Re: Do YOU Have Peregrine Falcon on YOUR Yard List?
- Message-ID: <Jan.28.01.39.36.1993.17731@pilot.njin.net>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 06:39:36 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.130522.23348@verdix.com> <86633@ut-emx.uucp>
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- Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Digest
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- mbehrens@cs.utexas.edu (Mikael Behrens) writes:
-
- >I haven't seen any Peregrines in my yard, but I HAVE seen a few
- >Mississippi kites flying over the house. By the way, out of four bird
- >field guides I have, only the Peterson's _Hawks_ guide had a plate of a
- >flying Mississippi Kite that looked anything like the real thing.
-
- >Any other interesting accounts of "yard raptors?"
-
- *snicker* Well.... several years ago, I learned that raising ducks in an
- area which had a fence around it, but no roof over it was a good way to
- attract the local Red-Tailed Hawks.... unfortunately, it was also a good
- way to lose ducks. The hawks could easily subdue a duck, but they had a
- hard time carrying one off.
-
- -Shag (now that I'm into hawks, I wonder if I should raise ducks as bait. ;)
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