Oh my word –

You will not believe what happen today. I have 2 love birds – which when the weather if nice I put outside on my picnic table (in the cage) for them to enjoy the sun. So I put them out today and was going about doing things around the house – when I heard them making a lot of noise. So I went to check on them and on top of their cage trying to get at them is this huge Bird of Prey – oh my word it scared the hell out of me.

So out I run with a purse in hand to scare the thing away – it just looked at me like I was nuts and lunged toward me. So I ran back into the house thinking now what do I do. So I grabbed the broom and out I went again. I whacked the broom down next to the thing and it flew just a few feet from the cage of screaming birds to perch on my garage.

I grabbed my bird cage and ran in the house. I guess this little incident explains the lack of rabbits and mice in my yard this year and you know come to think of it I have not seen the neighbors cat this year either.

So I live in Wisconsin the bird looks like it is young with a white chest with brown speckles and brown wings – it was pretty big. Any idea what evil I have lurking in my back yard?
[This message was edited Tue Aug 10 1:04:57 2004 by cocogrille]

You live in Wisconsin

Sweeny79 said:

Hey be nice!!!!

cocogrille said:

Sorry... Hey I live in New Jersey!

Sweeny79 said:

Just kidding - I really took no offence - I wish I lived somewhere else, but I am an only child and my mom still needs help - so here I will stay til she need me no longer.

Did it look like this?



Do you live near a yellow-brick road?

cocogrille said:

its obviously a pterodactyl

Christopher said:

Oh yeah that was what it looked like - must be from the time they filmed Jarassic Park in my neighbor hood - it must have been left behind -

BinaryJustin said:

No silly I am nowhere near Kansas

cocogrille said:

do you have any dinosaur treat? it might help from him eating your birds.

Sweeny79 said:

I'm from Wisconsin (and I will bemoving back in Feb-March)

Kansas

Nikster said:

I SAID I LIVE IN NEW JERSEY!

cocogrille said:

Sounds like a hawk or an owl.

Could you be a little more specific?

Sweeny79 said:

Christopher said:

Yeah I did but they are so stinking big - I didn't have a good storage place so I got rid of them. Will Scooby snack work?

Nikster said:

You really want to come back here?

Nikster said:

Yummy

Sweeny79 said:

Hehe...now where do ya think that came from???

Nikster said:

Ummm I was scared and didn't get good details (yah I know it is only a bird - but it scared me) - but I will watch for it now to get better details. It wasn't and Owl - I bet a hawk, just don't kno what kind.

Nikster said:

cocogrille said:

Well...all hawks would consider your little birdies tasty treats, you'd better keep them inside till the hawk moves on

BTW, where in WI are you?

Nikster said:

Green Bay

cocogrille said:

it might...or you could just shoot him down.

cocogrille said:

I'm from Baraboo

Christopher said:

I think they are protected - I mean they are mosty extinct aren't they?

Nikster said:

Home of the Circus Parade

cocogrille said:

Yup

Nikster said:

So if you are moving back where are you now?

cocogrille said:

Hi coco... sounds like a hawk.

They eat almost anything smaller than themselves. Snakes, small animals, obviously other birds..... If there is a lot of squirrels and small animals around, he will not be leaving anytime soon... make friends with your new neighbor.... he'll keep the riff raff out!