Just a warning. Outdoor time, even in cage, can be dangerous

[CrazyBirdChick]

Please always supervise your fids

 

[Just-passn-thru]

Wow ! never know what dangers lurk. For sure it's a jungle out their, survival of the fittest, Natures mantra .

 

[Begone]

Please always supervise your fids

Always!

 

[CrazyBirdChick]

Who would've thunk a hawk could get into there! Poor budgies

 

[Just-passn-thru]

Who would've thunk a hawk could get into there! Poor budgies

When theirs a will theirs a way.

 

[Begone]

Who would've thunk a hawk could get into there! Poor budgies

In fact I feel very sorry for the hawk too. (that got trapped in that small cage) The only one to blame is the owner of the budgie, the hawk is just eating for survival.

 

[SandraK]

I've known about the hawks afor a long time and it isn't just related to pet birds being outside. This also applies to Guinea pigs and bunnies that are put outside because if they are outside in an open pen they run the risk of just being swooped up and taken. We used to put our GP out in his enclosed cage and we always knew when there was a hawk around because he'd freeze and start staring at the sky. The same happened with the tiels and gccs when we put them out on the deck in their full size cages. If everyone went quiet I'd go outside and check the skies and our kitchen window faced the deck so I always had an idea of what was in our yard.

 

[Just-passn-thru]

Little kittens & puppies also at risk. Red tail hawks in my neck of the woods,.

 

[SandraK]

I usually have clips on all the cage doors when cages go out on the deck - no-one gets in and no-one gets out.

 

[Lwalker]

Wow! I keep playing it over and looking at the bars on the cage - I would have never thought a hawk that size could get through.

 

[CrazyBirdChick]

Wow! I keep playing it over and looking at the bars on the cage - I would have never thought a hawk that size could get through.

I know! They said it "somehow got in between the bars" How?

 

[SandraK]

Wow! I keep playing it over and looking at the bars on the cage - I would have never thought a hawk that size could get through.

I think the hawk may have landed on the top of the cage and the door popped open outwards like a drawbridge which left the cage open.

 

[SandraK]

Little kittens & puppies also at risk. Red tail hawks in my neck of the woods,.

I have red tails nesting 2 doors down, as well as having Cooper's and some smaller hawks/falcons zipping through the garden. My fids may all be people raised but boy, do they recognize danger when they see it. Everyone hits a panic button and go from the bay window on the East side of the house to the bird room on the West side of the house (which has a hedge about 5-6 feet from the house) so the bird room is not clearly visible to outdoor birds.

 

[Lwalker]

I think the hawk may have landed on the top of the cage and the door popped open outwards like a drawbridge which left the cage open.

I was thinking he somehow opened the door but your theory makes sense. Those cages are not very sturdy.

 

[SandraK]

If he saw them from a height, he might have come down in strike mode and hit the cage just right to "pop" the door. Unfortunately he got the nicer one ...

 

[Tyrion]

WOW..thats crazy ..not letting my guys out until I have better outside cages ..and watch watch watch

 

[SandraK]

My guess would also be a Cooper's which is smaller than a red tail



This was taken on our deck railing Oct. 2014

 

[rocky'smom]

if my 2 go outside, it's only if I am right there. if I go into the house for any reason, they come with me. we have nest of eagles in the area. I see mama & papa cruising the creek quite often, looking for mallards and their ducklings. those eagles are super HUGE, they have landed on my deck rail and couple of times. plus we have huge flock of crows too.

 

[Just-passn-thru]

They are beautiful

 

[Just-passn-thru]

If he saw them from a height, he might have come down in strike mode and hit the cage just right to "pop" the door. Unfortunately he got the nicer one ...