1 posted on
06/21/2015 6:09:42 PM PDT by
GraceG
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To: GraceG
Another pic:
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2 posted on
06/21/2015 6:11:23 PM PDT by
GraceG
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To: GraceG
Pics a little blurry, but looks like a Peregrine Falcon to me.
If so, lucky you!
4 posted on
06/21/2015 6:14:23 PM PDT by
MS.BEHAVIN
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To: GraceG
Swainsons hawk. Will eat rodents and grasshoppers, lizards, mice.
They’re migratory and no way to have them stick around long term.
5 posted on
06/21/2015 6:14:30 PM PDT by
RKBA Democrat
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To: GraceG
Are those pics of the youngsters or the mother?
8 posted on
06/21/2015 6:16:46 PM PDT by
nuconvert
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To: GraceG; Flycatcher
Hey Fly, your expertise would be appreciated. ;-)
10 posted on
06/21/2015 6:17:34 PM PDT by
jazusamo
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To: GraceG
Cooper’s hawk. Very common in the midwest.
11 posted on
06/21/2015 6:18:17 PM PDT by
Wiser now
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To: GraceG
Around here they are after the birds, never seen them bother a squirrel.
12 posted on
06/21/2015 6:19:22 PM PDT by
Wiser now
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15 posted on
06/21/2015 6:21:42 PM PDT by
familyop
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To: GraceG
Looks like a red-tailed hawk.
My sister's neighborhood was having problems with pigeons until kestrels came in and completely wiped them out. She's a new fan of kestrels. If I knew they were so good at killing pigeons, I would've introduced them to Norfolk, VA. That place is teeming with pigeons (a.k.a. flying rats).
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19 posted on
06/21/2015 6:22:37 PM PDT by
faithhopecharity
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20 posted on
06/21/2015 6:24:34 PM PDT by
ought-six
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To: GraceG
You should probably get a better camera. You can get one with a long zoom range and anti shake mechanism for not that much.
If money is not important get one of the newe 50mp Canons which have just come out.
28 posted on
06/21/2015 6:28:55 PM PDT by
yarddog
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To: GraceG
A Peregrine in CO would have a slate-blue back. You photographed a Prairie Falcon, which is brown with creme-colored breast, brown spots and streaks. Dark facial marks are more slender on a Prairie Falcon than on the Peregrine.
39 posted on
06/21/2015 6:47:27 PM PDT by
familyop
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Get the book, _The Guide to Colorado Birds_ (Mary Taylor Gray). That will have you identifying CO birds quickly enough.
_Plants of the Rocky Mountains_ (Kershaw, MacKinnon, Pojar) is a good one for plants.
42 posted on
06/21/2015 6:52:46 PM PDT by
familyop
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To: GraceG
If you have a small dog, be careful. That bird has a nasty set of talons.
To: GraceG
47 posted on
06/21/2015 6:55:26 PM PDT by
thesearethetimes...
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To: GraceG
I ran across an article about a website where if you upload a photo it ids the bird. I’m sure a google search limited to the last month and better pics will get you what you need. In any case pets indoors unless major supervision or larger dog.
To: GraceG
I hadn’t noticed Prairie Falcons up here (over 9,000 feet) but have seen them down on the High Plains. Up here, mostly Red-tailed Hawks and Rough-legged Hawks (gobs of ‘em). ...and a Turkey Vulture once in a while. Bald Eagle once in a great while.
56 posted on
06/21/2015 7:12:49 PM PDT by
familyop
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I’ve seen many birds of prey try to take a squirrel, but never saw one succeed. I’ve seen hawks take plenty of field mice, voles, and rabbits. Squirrels have this way of appearing to go one direction and immediately reverse directions. That’s the same thing they do with approaching cars, but they reverse back into the road and get hit.
57 posted on
06/21/2015 7:13:33 PM PDT by
Kirkwood
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To: GraceG
Check out
Peregrine Falcon,
and check out
Ospreys.
Your questions:
"1. Will they damage my property?"
Not really, but they'll go after flying bugs, grasshoppers, and small mice, and maybe other small animals such as chipmunks.
They'll catch fish, and eat them, also.
"2. Will they kill the squirrels that actually do damage my property?"
Squirrels are a little large and very observant, so they'd have to be very young squirrels and very inexperienced.
But it IS possible, although not probable.
If you want to get rid of the squirrels, get an air rifle or high powered BB gun.
"3. If #1 is no, and #2 is yes, is there anyway to entice them to stay?"
Read up and plant flowers that bugs and grasshoppers love.
But they migrate with the seasons.
65 posted on
06/21/2015 7:23:40 PM PDT by
Yosemitest
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