Quote Originally Posted by tyger View Post
Very cool. We have a peregrine falcon that hunts our yard (2 acres, downtown Jefferson) by day, and barred owls and barn owls that hunt it by night. Birds of prey in town are reassuring, but I have not heard the bobwhites in a while now.....

Not to worry though, there are tons of squirrels, song birds, snakes, lizards and the like.

Just so they stay out of my koi pond, though.


I think I have heard a hawk screaching out over the desert down the street; not sure what else would make that sound. We also have owls, and of course, bats.

There is a large, crow -like black bird that lives in one of my palm trees; I forget which kind of bird it is.

I am growing blue corn this year, and I might save an ear to put in a feeder at the top of a tall pole for him. He likes to fly over several times and caw when I'm working in my back yard.