Blake Lenoir wrote: I mostly have red tail and Cooper hawks, kestrels, pergrine falcons and turkey vultures in my neighborhood. There are also stray cats to concern ourselves about as they're a major threat to all native local birds including our predators. How we keep our birds of prey well sheltered from stray cats which are seen in mostly urban communities? If you all have any feedback, throw some back to me and we'll go from there. Peace always!
Get a dovecote and pigeons and I guarantee you will see the predators if they’re there.
I had ONE pigeon and ONE birdhouse for him, three hawks and an owl chased him around my house until he never came home. Never thought about it like this but it related to a lot of my hobby work, I do environmental design here and there.
Started with aquarium fish and ponds and realized my environmental carrying capacity went up because breeding neocardinia shrimp makes tanks cleaner for the fish. Plants helped the babies not be eaten. All these little relationships and the nuance between them create a great synergy if you do it right. If you do it wrong you get Australia’s horrible invasive problem but you just avoid doing dangerous things like bringing in invasive animals or plants. Simple and complex pond structure as a concept help a lot with the water and many small animals like rabbit habitat, quail habitat, etc.
The relationship the bright white pigeons have with all birds of prey is “the ideal meal”. They’re bigger than songbirds and easier to spot and catch. Great risk reward and return on investment.
