2006-12-18 20:26:12 · 6 answers · asked by vishal b 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Cooper's Hawks are the usual feeder predators in the area, and they are protected - so resist the urge to get the BB gun out. If you really want to discourage the hawk, stop filling your feeders for about a week. The birds will find other feeders in the interim, and the hawk will look for better hunting grounds.
But on the other hand, take a good look at the hawk. Isn't it astonishingly beautiful and powerful when it zooms through your yard? Being a predator isn't an easy way to make a living, and the hawk has to work hard and often goes hungry. They aren't wanton killers; in fact, most young hawks die of starvation before they are 1-year-olds.
The little birds at your feeders are very wary and keep a sharp eye out for hawks, so that the little ones that are caught are the weak ones - too sick or too stupid to get away. In that way the hawk keeps the population tuned up. It isn't pretty, but brace yourself and enjoy the hawk for the magnificent creature it is.-
2006-12-19 17:04:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave the hawk alone. If you rid yourself of it, your mice, vole, rodent problems will increase. Its there because there is a food source. I'm sure it isnt bothering you.
2006-12-19 17:06:52 · answer #2 · answered by Squeegee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats wrong with hawk? they eat ur chicken or rabbit?
2006-12-19 04:29:21 · answer #3 · answered by 7eleven guy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if its legal to buy a grenade... buy one the throw it to the hawk....seriously..... get rid of his nest.... everytime he puts it... later on they will leave.....
2006-12-19 04:28:33 · answer #4 · answered by bugi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give it to me LOL or catch it, and send it to the local animal shelter
2006-12-19 04:28:14 · answer #5 · answered by High On Life 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calling pest control is your best bet. In many places it is illegal to removie, or kill, one yourself.
2006-12-19 04:42:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋