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Bad Week for Falcons
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groundrules
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I feel way more sad about this than my logical brain tells me is appropriate. but whatever. this SUCKS.
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CheeseFoodie
Harrison West
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I've had a falcon munching on birds in my backyard for the past few months, hope it wasn't her, I love peaking out the window and watching the bird feed on its prey! Can never really tell what type of birds it's eating, never leaves much behind except bones and a couple of feathers.
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Mae
Olde Towne East
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CheeseFoodie wrote >>
I've had a falcon munching on birds in my backyard for the past few months, hope it wasn't her, I love peaking out the window and watching the bird feed on its prey! Can never really tell what type of birds it's eating, never leaves much behind except bones and a couple of feathers.If it was in your backyard, it was probably a Cooper's Hawk.
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CheeseFoodie
Harrison West
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Mae, what does a Cooper's Hawk look like? Just curious, I'm certainly no bird expert, but I'd love to have the correct name for my bird-eating friend:) I took one picture, but it was on my phone, so kind of looks like any of the medium-sized prey birds...
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deraj1013
Merion Village
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hugh59 wrote >>
I sent an email to Jeff Sheban, the reporter at the Dispatch who covered Swoop's demise. He was unaware of the story. He is now working on it.From the Dispatch...
Second Downtown falcon dies
BY JEFFREY SHEBAN
Three days after a juvenile peregrine falcon fell to its death from the 41st floor of the Rhodes Tower, its mother was found dead by state wildlife officials.
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pixiecrinkle
Old North Columbus
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CheeseFoodie wrote >>
Just curious, I'm certainly no bird expert, but I'd love to have the correct name for my bird-eating friend:)I had suspicions of a peregrine outside my old place (turned out to be a cooper's hawk) and did a little research. The two birds are virtually identical, but you can tell when they are at rest by their wingtip length. Peregrines will have their wingtips and tails the same length, but Cooper's hawks will have shorter wings than tail.
Good info here: http://www.ohiodnr.com/wildlife/dow/falcons/identify.aspx
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CheeseFoodie
Harrison West
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Thanks Pixie! Checked out the link, and pretty sure my "falcon" is actually a Cooper's Hawk (pretty long tail). Still cool to have it using my yard at a feeding ground:)
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EmZeeGee
Clintonville
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So sad.
ETA - I just mentally wrote Trooper's Craigslist ad...
Male Peregrine Hawk, single father, seeks female. Will mate for life (yours or mine). Must accept my daughter and raise her as your own, and be open to more chicks in the future. We're endangered, you know.
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misskitty
Columbus
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I was real sad when I heard that the baby failed at flying. I stopped watching the Falcon Cam when they kept getting close to the edge it made me so nervous. From the article in the Dispatch it said that there is a possibility that someone changing the gels was being dived bombed by the mom. While I love the birds if I am on the 55th floor of a building and a bird is trying to dive bomb me And there is a chance I could fall. I would try real nice to get it away first but if that did not work it’s the flying bird or non flying human the bird must go.
Posted 1 year ago # -
groundrules
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misskitty wrote >>
While I love the birds if I am on the 55th floor of a building and a bird is trying to dive bomb me And there is a chance I could fall. I would try real nice to get it away first but if that did not work it’s the flying bird or non flying human the bird must go.There is no way there was any actual risk to human life in this scenario. Anyone working on a ledge that high up on a building is gonna either have plenty of room and a railing, or fall protection (harness). No lighting contractor in their right mind would risk stepping on one of OSHA's biggest hot buttons.
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ThisGuy
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misskitty wrote >>
I was real sad when I heard that the baby failed at flying. I stopped watching the Falcon Cam when they kept getting close to the edge it made me so nervous. From the article in the Dispatch it said that there is a possibility that someone changing the gels was being dived bombed by the mom. While I love the birds if I am on the 55th floor of a building and a bird is trying to dive bomb me And there is a chance I could fall. I would try real nice to get it away first but if that did not work it’s the flying bird or non flying human the bird must go.You go back inside and try again later. You don't go inside get a broom then go back out and kill the bird... WTF
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