so SOMETHING just divebombed ny shepperd pup

backwoodsbob

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Sat Aug-01-09 06:54 PM
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so SOMETHING just divebombed ny shepperd pup

not sure what it was...brownish...about a 4 foot wingspan

SW Virginia location

He has apparently pissed off the local bird population :P

any idea what it was?

thought it was a redtail hawk but now not sure it wasn't a peregrine

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virginia mountainman

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Sat Aug-01-09 07:00 PM
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1. Could it have been a ......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tailed_hawk

Wrong time of year for peregrines...

From another SW Virginia resident..

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backwoodsbob

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Sat Aug-01-09 07:14 PM
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2. thats EXACTLY what it was

thanks

was so funny

he has made enemies :P

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SteveM

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Fri Aug-14-09 10:01 AM
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3. Yep, my guess, too...

Plenty of Red tail hawks at the management area where I hunt. The bird may have not been pissed off at your pump -- he may have wanted to eat it; nothing personal.

I shot a dove there which coasted a hundred yards away. By the time it hit the ground, here comes a hawk diving in to poach my food. He watched me as I raised a cloud of dust running toward him, all the while reeling off a string of buzzard references, then took off with his booty. Of course, we are not allowed to shoot raptors, even if they are so thick they're bumping into each other.

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