Hawks

[Sportin' Woodies]

and what are shearwater chicks?
and what town is near scotland?

[Sportin' Woodies]

that over there by denmark in oburg?

[BOGSTER]

ive seen observed them plenty of times.......but have never seen them (kestrels) tackle a dove( which usually weigh a few ounces more) off a power line.

im sure you have.


denmark isn't in oburg.


you gotta get out of newberry county more man.

[rp]

I have never seen a Kestrels (aka Sparrow Hawks) eat doves. Small birds are sparrows.

In summer, kestrels feed largely on grasshoppers, dragonflies, lizards, mice, and voles. They will also eat other small birds. Wintering birds feed primarily on rodents and birds. However, due to its diminutive size even in open cerrado habitat, mixed-species feeding flocks will hardly consider it a threat[6]. The birds characteristically hunt along roadsides from telephone wires, fence posts, trees or other convenient perches when not flying in search of food. When they are flying and looking for food they frequently hover with rapid wingbeats.

Because it feeds on both insects and vertebrates, the American Kestrel maintains fairly high population densities. It has a small breeding home range, from 1.75 square miles (4.5 km2) to 2 square miles (5.2 km2). Territory size has been estimated at 269 acres (1.1 km2) to 321 acres (1.3 km2) with much larger wintering home ranges. Wikkepedia is source.

[Sportin' Woodies]

seen em pillow case doves.

[Swamp Rat]

What's FUNNY is to watch a hawk nail a dove decoy off a power line.