RE: Hawk Attack

["Stephen Peterson" <cllslp at msn dot com>]

Good to hear that the Sharpie is harassing the cats. I would suggest getting a live trap from your local animal control officer, trap the cat, call the officer and they will take it back to the neighbor (if you know who owns it), and they will be warned or ticketed, or the cat will be taken to the shelter, where owners can go look for their cat or someone can adopt the cat. Its time to start holding cat owners responsible for their pets. I love cats, have one of my own, but they belong in the house. This is not only in the best interest of the birds, but for the cats as well.

When was the last time you saw a dead dog on the side of the road? I can't count how many times I see a cat roadkill, in town. If people had the same respect for cats as they do their dogs, the birds and cats would have a much better life.

Here is my annual plea to cat owners to keep their fuzzy friends, safe and warm, inside their house.

For more information you can go to this link: http://www.abcbirds.org/cats/

Stephen










From:  
"Steve Coleman" <scoleman@utah.gov>

Reply-To:  
"Steve Coleman" <scoleman@utah.gov>

To:  
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Subject:  
[BirdTalk] Hawk Attack

Date:  
Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:10:16 -0700

We have always had Sharp Shinned activity in our yard in the winter but for some reason this year seems more active than ever. I got home from work Friday at 3:30 p.m. just in time to watch a sharpie dive into my shrubs and come out with a house sparrow I watched for about 30 minutes while he plucked then ate the small bird changing position several times from the ground to my Lilacs to the top of our swing set. My very noisy backyard was dead silent the whole time. Yesterday I watched the Sharpy go for the neighbors cat that was stalking my feeders. I was rooting for the 
sharpie who dive bombed the cat twice but the cat was too big and he settled for sparrows again instead.

To have the whole food chain in my yard is a thrill if I could just get rid of the introduced cats.

Happy Birding
Steve


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