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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 92342" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>Linda, </p><p></p><p>we have the red tailed hawks in my urban neighborhood as well. We also have some pretty good size owls. Last fall, the starlings roosted in our bamboo and never went further south (this was the first year they stayed more than a week or two). It was a mess and very noisy, but the red tailed hawks figured out that hundreds of starlings would be swooping into the bamboo in my backyard prior to dusk.</p><p></p><p>The hawks actually would swoop in a nab a starling as it was swooping down into the bamboo. But, the craziest were the owls. I'm a smoker but I don't smoke in the house. I go out on my little back porch or the patio. Well, I would be out there at night and all of a sudden you would hear fluttering then the scwaking of tons of starlings. The owls actually went into the bamboo. They would sit in the three next to the bamboo and then go for it. Several mornings there was blood and, well, you know out on the back of the driveway near the bamboo.</p><p></p><p>I've never seen a hawk go for a squirrel. But then again, we don't do squirrel feaders around here. There are plenty of nuts and such to keep them feed - plus, a squirrel feader would attract the other rodents that live with us in our urban area!!!! We have so many sqirrels - they are just tree rats to us (although we do have one albino and a couple black ones in the neighborhood that are kinda cool)!!!!</p><p></p><p>Shaorn</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 92342, member: 805"] Linda, we have the red tailed hawks in my urban neighborhood as well. We also have some pretty good size owls. Last fall, the starlings roosted in our bamboo and never went further south (this was the first year they stayed more than a week or two). It was a mess and very noisy, but the red tailed hawks figured out that hundreds of starlings would be swooping into the bamboo in my backyard prior to dusk. The hawks actually would swoop in a nab a starling as it was swooping down into the bamboo. But, the craziest were the owls. I'm a smoker but I don't smoke in the house. I go out on my little back porch or the patio. Well, I would be out there at night and all of a sudden you would hear fluttering then the scwaking of tons of starlings. The owls actually went into the bamboo. They would sit in the three next to the bamboo and then go for it. Several mornings there was blood and, well, you know out on the back of the driveway near the bamboo. I've never seen a hawk go for a squirrel. But then again, we don't do squirrel feaders around here. There are plenty of nuts and such to keep them feed - plus, a squirrel feader would attract the other rodents that live with us in our urban area!!!! We have so many sqirrels - they are just tree rats to us (although we do have one albino and a couple black ones in the neighborhood that are kinda cool)!!!! Shaorn [/QUOTE]
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