About a month or maybe a little more ago I spotted a small hawk in our backyard perched in the willow tree.
Well today Bedford (11lb Chihuahua and my husbands baby) was walking up the stairs into the house and the Coopers hawk swooped down and tried to grab him, just as my husband walked in and saw it, the hawk put on the breaks and took a hard left up and away.
I think Bedford is too big for a hawk to carry him away, but that doesn't mean the hawk couldn't have killed the little guy with one good grip of talons.
I am afraid our back yard looks like a hawk buffet from the sky. We have the pond (24' x 17') loaded with large bright colored fish and crystal clear water. The pond attracts a lot of hawk prey like garder snakes, dove, quail and robins.
The dogs love the yard and we leave the back door open on nice days so they can run in and out as they please.
We have 4 dogs, 3 Chihuahua's, 2 or them are 11lbs and 1 is about 9lbs and a Corgi-Chi mix who is about 15 lbs.
Any good ideas on things we can do to scare the hawk away?
My husband is beside himself over this.
This is Bedford my husbands side kick.
Well today Bedford (11lb Chihuahua and my husbands baby) was walking up the stairs into the house and the Coopers hawk swooped down and tried to grab him, just as my husband walked in and saw it, the hawk put on the breaks and took a hard left up and away.
I think Bedford is too big for a hawk to carry him away, but that doesn't mean the hawk couldn't have killed the little guy with one good grip of talons.
I am afraid our back yard looks like a hawk buffet from the sky. We have the pond (24' x 17') loaded with large bright colored fish and crystal clear water. The pond attracts a lot of hawk prey like garder snakes, dove, quail and robins.
The dogs love the yard and we leave the back door open on nice days so they can run in and out as they please.
We have 4 dogs, 3 Chihuahua's, 2 or them are 11lbs and 1 is about 9lbs and a Corgi-Chi mix who is about 15 lbs.
Any good ideas on things we can do to scare the hawk away?
My husband is beside himself over this.
This is Bedford my husbands side kick.