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re: The Birds
Wish I could send you some Yeti, we have an abundance of species, and just a ton of Red Tails, also have Peregrine Falcons, and Bald Eagles in the area, We have a "family' of Red Tails. Every year close to Easter we will look out back, and about 8 houses down the road, to the woods in the back, and just a wee bit to the right of us, we have counted up to 34 Hawks flying around back there. So a shit-ton of birds in a smallish area. Our mostly seen resident we call Arthur, he likes to sit on the back peak of my shop, we have a wildflower garden sometimes weedbed back there, and the mice are thick, so are the snakes hunting them in warm weather, he is a very good hunter, and doesn't take but a minute of roosting, and off he goes for lunch. The old guy 2 houses down believes he is the head bird, and started all the young, that seem to come back home every year for a day or 3. Also have several Kestrel's, and a few Coopers. We haven't figured it out for certain, but a, or a few Coopers, feed off of our bird feeders.
Downtown Dayton, (about 25 to 30 miles North) about 30 years ago, Peregrines showed up, and roosted on the tops of the higher buildings, After so many years, and cycles of new birds they filled up Dayton, and have moved in all directions. We have been here around 17 years now, and for the last 4 we have started seeing them down here with regularity. They like to hunt along the ditches of I-75, you will see them sitting on posts, phone poles, whatever can lift them up enough to get a view. Same story with the Bald Eagles. They introduced them at Grand Lake St Marys over 45 years ago, and they too have populated very well, and spread out from there, close to 65 miles North of us now. Where we used to live was 30 miles South of the lake, and up there we saw them almost the entire 22 years we owned it.
When we see a lot of blackbirds flying with purpose it's usually on the tail of a Red Tail, they hate them because they get fresh eggs, and feathery treats from them. If we see a murder of crows, they are likely hounding an Owl, same diet. I've yet to see anything chasing a Falcon, or an Eagle. I have seen them both turn themselves almost inside out, to change course and gulp down a blackbird, Crow, or even a Canada Goose that was flying too close.
All of the raptors are impressive birds. Of all of them I like the little Kestrels, men as a snake to prey, but around humans they almost seem tame. like they wanna fit in.
Downtown Dayton, (about 25 to 30 miles North) about 30 years ago, Peregrines showed up, and roosted on the tops of the higher buildings, After so many years, and cycles of new birds they filled up Dayton, and have moved in all directions. We have been here around 17 years now, and for the last 4 we have started seeing them down here with regularity. They like to hunt along the ditches of I-75, you will see them sitting on posts, phone poles, whatever can lift them up enough to get a view. Same story with the Bald Eagles. They introduced them at Grand Lake St Marys over 45 years ago, and they too have populated very well, and spread out from there, close to 65 miles North of us now. Where we used to live was 30 miles South of the lake, and up there we saw them almost the entire 22 years we owned it.
When we see a lot of blackbirds flying with purpose it's usually on the tail of a Red Tail, they hate them because they get fresh eggs, and feathery treats from them. If we see a murder of crows, they are likely hounding an Owl, same diet. I've yet to see anything chasing a Falcon, or an Eagle. I have seen them both turn themselves almost inside out, to change course and gulp down a blackbird, Crow, or even a Canada Goose that was flying too close.
All of the raptors are impressive birds. Of all of them I like the little Kestrels, men as a snake to prey, but around humans they almost seem tame. like they wanna fit in.
