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Quote: As for jokes, no, I'm not allowed to hijack this thread any further. LOL. I'm still waiting for that PM from the Mods, in reference to all the hijacking I've done already. -Kim But that's what makes it fun!

Nah, not you, Kim! I understood what you were saying. I just want to drop it though. Lord knows I don't want this to go downhill. I feel like we've all been through a marathon of rant-related threads today! Anyone heard any good jokes lately?

Ummm, maybe I'm being overly sensitive, but I think I've just been

Quote: I guess it's how you define winning. We wont de-rail this thread yet again by going there. The hawk IS just doing what it does... which, I might add, goes ditto for me. My thinking exactly, amazondoc. I respect the hawk's right to survive and feed its young. We're just unfortunate...

You betcha, Red Ryder!

You are indeed correct! Raptors DO have tunnel vision. They are so focused on their prey that they don't see the surroundings. That's why so many of them get killed on the highways. I let the chickens out for a bit this evening and the darned hawk tried to strike again! The chooks squawked and...

Yikes! That was close! You could have had your scalp torn, or worse!

Kim, is your property fenced? And were your chickens killed only by hawks or other animals? Our backyard is fenced, so we haven't had problems with 4-legged critters yet. Of course, the chooks are secured in their very secure henhouse at night.

Quote: This is exactly what happened here yesterday. We knew the red-tails were nesting on our property, but since we hadn't seen them, felt safe in "knowing" that they normally hunt in open fields or alongside roadways. Wrong! When they're hungry, they're hungry and rules be da**ed...

We had our own scare yesterday with a red-tailed hawk. You can read about it on my blog, if you would like. http://bearswampreflections.blogspot.com/ Susan