look whos stealing the rodents

[Boney]

its not just cats you got to worry about . but yeh i got a hawk that lives at my joint these days .

 

[Ozzie Python]

has he actually managed to steal any yet?

 

[W.T.BUY]

I would welcome him/her over a cat any day.

 

[Vixen]

Lmao thats epic. The only animals to have ried to eat my lot was a Coastal and a stray dog.

 

[Boney]

i love having this guy around . hes trys hard to pull them through the wire ive got 1/2 hour of video tape of him ,one day at it . dont think he has got one out yet but i did notice the mice looked a bit fluffed up. but ill throw him a mouse instead .... to be honest i dont want him to leave ..

 

[grannieannie]

awwwww, you'll throw him a mouse....a live one....poor mousy !!! :-(

 

[Ramsayi]

Good stuff.We get kookas and tawnies here that are very well fed but never never hawks.Do you know what it is? Goshawk or Sparrowhawk?

 

[Lewy]

Hahaha that's great I only ever get coastals or kookaburra's trying to get a free feed

Lewy

 

[Boney]

im not 100% sure what type of hawk it is but it sure looks great . im getting within 3 metres of it now . im throwing it dead mice cant be to nasty butcher birds are another problem but they dont look as good as this fella .

 

[MrsDragonLady]

he must be thinking, 'so near yet so far' :lol:

but your poor rodents will need counselling :cry: :lol:

 

[CHEWY]

Jonny will be able to tell you what type it is.
I used to have Butcher birds have a go at my cages. Quite often I have mice without a tail or a face. Or sometimes missing a head.

 

[dickyknee]

It would be worth the few rodents to have him hanging around .

 

[Barno111]

wouldnt you be worried about him bringing some parisites on him. E.g. mites or ticks?

 

[Steman]

love the second picture. Its like a deer in headlights

 

[Nagraj]

It's a Brown Goshawk.

 

[cmclean]

Looks like a Harrier.. Excellent to have this animal around!

 

[Retic]

That's excellent, we have a Butcherbird that tries to steal ours. It looks like a Sparrowhawk.

 

[scam7278]

WOW thats awsome andy...... all i get are sparrows and bloody miner birds eating the rodent food

 

[tooninoz]

I'm pretty sure it's a Brown Goshawk A. fasciatus

 

[jessb]

We get Australian Kestrels hunting around our place which are gorgeous. If you stand on the headland with a piece of meat on your palm and call to them, they wil circle lower and lower and take it off your hand without even touching your skin. They are awesome birds!