So a few weeks ago I made a post on here saying I saw a hawk or two continuously circling around our neighborhood. I concluded that what I thought was a hawk was actually a buzzard until recently. While I was out in the run with the birds I saw it in the air again and luckily my father was outside to see it and he confirmed that it was a hawk and I wasn’t crazy.
But the hawk never got close. I only saw it very far in the sky, until today. I walked outside and saw the chickens and ducks looking up and I thought the hawk was flying around again so I looked and sure enough, it was the hawk, but it was sitting in our tree in our backyard. Meters from the chickens and ducks just sitting in the tree. It flew off before my mom had a chance to look at it and I’m still not sure what kind it was. It didn’t seem very big but I don’t doubt that it could still easily kill one of the birds. I think it was either a Prairie or a Peregrine falcon but it is hard to tell. To me it had a face that looked more like a kestrel but I am not sure how big kestrels get. Now I’m terrified? What should we do? Is there any way to scare it off? The smallest bird in our flock is my mallard hen, Billy, and she means so much to me that if she were to die I don’t know how I’d survive. Please help...
But the hawk never got close. I only saw it very far in the sky, until today. I walked outside and saw the chickens and ducks looking up and I thought the hawk was flying around again so I looked and sure enough, it was the hawk, but it was sitting in our tree in our backyard. Meters from the chickens and ducks just sitting in the tree. It flew off before my mom had a chance to look at it and I’m still not sure what kind it was. It didn’t seem very big but I don’t doubt that it could still easily kill one of the birds. I think it was either a Prairie or a Peregrine falcon but it is hard to tell. To me it had a face that looked more like a kestrel but I am not sure how big kestrels get. Now I’m terrified? What should we do? Is there any way to scare it off? The smallest bird in our flock is my mallard hen, Billy, and she means so much to me that if she were to die I don’t know how I’d survive. Please help...