And this is why...

[FeatheredRaptor]

This is why my chickens don’t get to free range. First hawk started to make a swoop... I jumped up heading towards the chickens. The hawk decides he doesn’t want any and heads to the tree on the edge of my property. Low and behold... there’s a second hawk. Any ideas what type of hawk this is?

 

[Smileybans]

I saw and heard two today as well. I babysit my chickens for the four or so hours they get to free range. I don’t mind babysitting them because I love to be outside. Even in the cold. I heard the hawk and saw two. They left as soon as they saw me get up. Mine were red tailed hawks.

The picture is a little hard to tell but it looks like a dark colored hawk with white stomach. Doing some googling it looks to me like a swansons hawk.

 

[FeatheredRaptor]

I saw and heard two today as well. I babysit my chickens for the four or so hours they get to free range. I don’t mind babysitting them because I love to be outside. Even in the cold. I heard the hawk and saw two. They left as soon as they saw me get up. Mine were red tailed hawks.

The picture is a little hard to tell but it looks like a dark colored hawk with white stomach. Doing some googling it looks to me like a swansons hawk.

Was looking up hawks native to Louisiana. It definitely wasn’t as pretty as a Swanson hawk. Looked more like a Cooper’s hawk to my untrained eye. My sister in law has lost several to a bald eagle.

 

[FeatheredRaptor]

Either way I’ve seen this pair go after my chickens and other birds hunting in together, the website said Harris hawks will do that.

 

[Nero70002]

This is a picture of a red-shouldered hawk if you want it. I saw that they were natives over there.

 

[FeatheredRaptor]

I think I need a better picture than my I-potato can take. The photo certainly makes it look like it is white, but it always appears black when I see it.

 

[Smileybans]

@FeatheredRaptor I-potato. I know what you mean. I have a Sony camera just for taking pictures because my iPhone doesn’t cut it.

 

[Nero70002]

@FeatheredRaptor I-potato. I know what you mean. I have a Sony camera just for taking pictures because my iPhone doesn’t cut it.

I have an iPhone 7+ but I think my dad took that pic.

 

[sourland]

Body of birds looks like broad wing hawks of some sort - not Cooper's - perhaps red tails.

 

[DuckDuckSook]

We have at least one couple of red shoulder hawks here and I think also a pair of red tail too. My chickens haven't free-ranged in months and when I do let them out for exercise, my entire family is out babysitting because when it was just two of us, the hawk nearly took our favorite chicken when we were only 10 feet away. They are hungry, brazen, and quick.