Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

2011-03-04 Thread Linda Orkin
: Thursday, March 03, 2011 5:07 PM To: cayugabirds Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm? I just want to add this, which may cause more controversy or be disapproved by Chris, but I have heard there is close to a 99% mortality rate

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2011-03-04 Thread Candace Cornell
The plastic blinders are used to prevent the pecking and cannibalism that occurs when raising large, captive flocks of game birds. Thanks, Linda and Jody, for clarifying that the pheasants at the Reynold's Game Farm are *not* released with blinders on. I side with Linda and disagree with the idea

[cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

2011-03-03 Thread Candace Cornell
This may be a naive question, but why don’t the large number of Red-tailed Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked Pheasant pens on Game Farm Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant population? According to the BNA, Ring-necked Pheasant is one of their preferred foods and I've seen them

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

2011-03-03 Thread John Confer
Hi Folks, I have talked with the Game Farm manager. He told me that they try to release about 130,000 pheasant each fall, that the captive flock starts in fall at about 35,000, and that they loose about 7000 to predation every year. Since the potential for the weight of snow and ice on

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

2011-03-03 Thread Meena Haribal
...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John Confer Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:05 PM To: Candace Cornell Cc: cayugabirds-l Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm? Hi Folks, I have talked with the Game Farm manager. He told me that they try to release about 130,000

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

2011-03-03 Thread John Confer
-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-8671320-3493...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *John Confer *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:05 PM *To:* Candace Cornell *Cc:* cayugabirds-l *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm? Hi Folks, I

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

2011-03-03 Thread Asher Hockett
...@list.cornell.edu [ mailto:bounce-8671320-3493...@list.cornell.edubounce-8671320-3493...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *John Confer *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:05 PM *To:* Candace Cornell *Cc:* cayugabirds-l *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

2011-03-03 Thread Asher Hockett
Yes, the latter. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Bill Evans wrev...@clarityconnect.comwrote: Has anyone ever seen a hawk take/eat a pheasant at the game farm? -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

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2011-03-03 Thread Tim Gallagher
From: bounce-8672008-10557...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-8672008-10557...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Evans [wrev...@clarityconnect.com] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:47 PM To: cayugabirds-l Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

2011-03-03 Thread Linda Orkin
To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm? I've seen red-tails eating pheasants there several times, and the people who work there have told me that they often see them catch them. Tim Gallagher Editor-in-Chief LIVING

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2011-03-03 Thread Bill Evans
: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm? Yes. I totally agree Chris. And what a totally unnatural environment and conditions, with those blinders on and totally exposed to all inclement weather. Linda Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Chris Tessaglia-Hymes

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2011-03-03 Thread Tim Gallagher
@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm? What I guess we don't know is what proportion of their diet it pheasant versus rodent. - Original Message - From: Linda Orkin wingmagi...@gmail.com To: Chris Tessaglia-Hymes c...@cornell.edu Cc

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2011-03-03 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm? True. I know those birds catch a lot of mice, etc., that are attracted there by the grain. And Cooper's Hawks catch pigeons, starlings, and House Sparrows there, which are also

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

2011-03-03 Thread Linda Orkin
- From: bounce-8672579-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto: bounce-8672579-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Gallagher Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:29 PM To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm? True. I know

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

2011-03-03 Thread Candace Cornell
Thank you all for your replies to my question! I made an error in my initial email. Ring-necked Pheasants (RNEP) are *one of many* food sources for RTHA and not a *preferred *food. Per Tim: “Like sitting ducks” is the metaphor I use when I'm at the Game Farm. John Confer brought up a good