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My bud who loves to sit this location on our little woodlot says the doves that come in droves to the feeder are always very nervous . Says they bolt when the wind blows a leaf or 2 .....
I said well bro I bet something is likely eating them , I have seen a few feathers laying around. And predators like to hunt where there is game and where there is food there is game.
This last week I noticed a dove poacher on camera …...:Rofl
Yes sir those hawks is ruff on them ! We have trouble with them doing that every year on a place that we fix up for the doves! You can tell by the actions of the dove when a hawk is close!
Yep they will eat them up
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Hawks are pretty hard on the squirrels at feeders also.
We have a Falcon that takes a few birds from our yard in the middle of the city. The up side is he just about eliminated any problems we had with pigeons roasting on the house.
I got a Hawk that hangs around the recycling center where I work and it get's it's share of everything that moves. We had a one legged crow that we fed for a while and now it has disappeared. Now, I worry about the cat that took up there!
It isn't just hawks that will eat your "pets" herons will eat your ducklings.
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Hawks have to eat too, doves are fat and slow on the ground, but put a dove out in front of my scattergun and I swear they can fly 75mph.
I bet that one had a squirrel or rat or rabbit ...I dont think it's actually a birder type hawk ....
But it's got them doves jumpy and I do have a few smaller fast hawks in the area