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This morning I heard my birds going nuts in the aviary, looked out the window to see a big brown bird flying around the aviary and landing on the wire. It was scaring the heck out of my birds! I went outside and there it was sitting on the roof, I did my best lunatic dance, yelling and throwing my hands in the air and the darn thing just looked at me! Then it flew up into the nearest tree and just sat looking at me, so I grabbed the hose, turned it up full bore and squirted the bugger! He left then!

It took my birds over an hour to start chirping again! They were just like little budgie statues!

 

Never had a visitor like that before!

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Yikes! Hopefully he doesn't come back!

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Oh my I wonder what type of bird it was? What it looking to hurt the budgies or for food?

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The only brown birds I know of are eagles or hawks. Good thing you sent it packing !! :wub:

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;) Don't know the native birds to your area but if he was big and brown, he probably is an eagle or hawk. :angry: Edited by Phoebe
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Yikes... Hope it stays away...

If now maybe a small scarecrow thing or staute of a cat ontop of the aviary maight help???

*Picturing the dance (Laughing out loud) :angry:

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My budgie is insid but when ever a bird goes up to the window he goes carzy and squaking

and does a weird dance.

 

Even though the other bird is like a huge crow or magpie they get scared and fly off.

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Did it have a stripey looking belly. I once got a goshawk checking out my aviary and it was brown with a brown and white striped/speckley tummy.

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I have only just got home from work and the bl*#@y thing was back! Now I am worried it may be interested in my birds for dinner. I am not sure what it is but it is a dappled brown with some flecks of white, and big! It must stand about 35cm tall at least. Not seen anything like around here before.

I am wondering how many times it's been back while I have been at work!???!

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Look like this?

http://members.iinet.net.au/~spr/browngoshawk.jpg

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Oh, I hope it doesn't look like that! poor little budgies will be spending a fair bit of their time being statues. It certainly doesn't sound like it wants to stay away. :P

 

 

Feathers.

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How scary. Maybe you will need to look into getting a thicker mesh or shade cloth for around your avairy for safety. You don't want that big scary bird have budgie for lunch!!!

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This morning I heard my birds going nuts in the aviary, looked out the window to see a big brown bird flying around the aviary and landing on the wire. It was scaring the heck out of my birds! I went outside and there it was sitting on the roof, I did my best lunatic dance, yelling and throwing my hands in the air and the darn thing just looked at me! Then it flew up into the nearest tree and just sat looking at me, so I grabbed the hose, turned it up full bore and squirted the bugger! He left then!

It took my birds over an hour to start chirping again! They were just like little budgie statues!

 

Never had a visitor like that before!

 

Here in Perth one of the main predatory birds to watch out for is called a BUTCHER BIRD.

 

It is the size of a small parrot, about 20cm to 30cm tall, pointed beak like a magpie.

 

It lives in our suburban areas and will hang around aviaries or bird cages if you leave them

hanging up outside.

 

The budgies know the butcher bird is an enemy, I've been outside with the budgies when their all happy singing away. Then all of a sudden they all go quiet, I have looked around and and sure as anything there is the butcher bird.

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:D don't worry about birds I had a big black and white cat with a bell and a red collar on it at mine but my dog gave it the hurry up.

meow,meow, :fear

PS no dogs or cats were harmed in this episode :P

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Thanks for the link Bea but, no I dont think its a Goshawk, my neighbour suggested a sparrowhawk but I found a picture and it's not that either! And I know Butcher birds, it's not one of those. I am searching google images to see if I can put a name to this bird.

My dogs are great at keeping the yard cat free but with this bird they just look!

I will have a think about the shade cloth, as I have two large unused shade sails i could use.

My first thought when I saw him was that he was an owl! Stocky body with a few white flecks in otherwise brown wings and the body is the same brown as the wings. If it returns in the morning I will try having a better look, usually I am frantically trying to shoo it away!!!

This guy really is worrying me (and my budgies) :P

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Oh no, poor budgies :P

 

The other ones in Vic that I can think of are:

Nankeen kestrel:

http://www.naturefocus.com.au/images/nankeen_kestrel.jpg

 

Swamp harrier:

http://www.mangoverde.com/wbg/images/00000014890.jpg

 

Little eagle:

http://image18.webshots.com/18/6/93/14/224...64UcxnqB_ph.jpg

 

Brown falcon:

http://www.netcore.ca/~peleetom/Aus%20Brown%20Falcon.jpg

 

I hope he realises he won't get any lunch and goes away!

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Tawny frog mouth?

 

http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/tawnyfrogmth.htm

 

Feathers

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I feel for you! i have a hawk that comes and bothers my aviary birds too. I have blinds that I roll down, and on days i see him/her hanging around, i dont have them all the way up. i leave 1/2 the aviary fully closed and the patio side i have them 1/2 way down, so they feel secure in there but still get day light! (the blinds are the fake bamboo patio style that roll up and down)

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I am about to leave for work.....and no visits from this bird this morning!!! Yeeeaaaah! And I have been a vigilant budgie bodyguard!!!

Hope he got the message yesterday (with the help of a squirt from the hose!) that this place is no place to hang around!

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:wub: Stupid predatory birds - but I guess they need to eat - an aviary looks like easy pickings, unfortunately! grrr!

 

Yes - the shade cloth idea would be great!

 

I was thinking when I got up this morning (since I had a yucky nightmare about a scary evil brown bird coming to get Cosmo and Yoda. *oops!*), how you could scare off these hungry birds..

 

All I could think of was

* a scary scare-crow sitting atop the aviary (on the solid roof so your babies can't see it!),

* a fake snake (?? Or do these hunters like snake? :blink: ),

* the good old plastic bags on sticks (ha, yeah, that'll stop it! :wub: ).

 

Gosh, its hard! You don't want to scare your babies at the same time.. hrmmm... :book:

 

A few links (sorry if they are rubbish!):

 

http://www.pestproducts.com/bird.htm#Visual

 

http://web.birdbarrier.com/BirdBarrier/Sit.../ScareHowTo.htm - scare eye balloons!? Cool!

 

http://blogs.chron.com/backyardbirder/archives/2006/05/ -

A little bird uses snake skin in/ around their nest to scare off enemies.. Interesting!

(This little one:

MPR_112702_100058_S.jpg

It is a Great Crested Flycatcher - found in northern America - [east] ).

 

Gosh, I hope something works for you! :)

 

Irri-tape seems like the cheapest option! There are products out there that cost a little, but I am sure that you could whip up a scary flappy bird using that awful psycadelic vinyl/ plastic book contact... :P

 

Anyhow:

 

http://www.bird-x.com/products/itape.htm

 

 

http://www.birdxpeller.com.au/products.htm has:

Yikes!! TE-Terror-Eyes.jpg-web.jpg -

 

I thought of this sort of thing earlier too. Anyhoo:

Spikes.jpg-web.jpg

 

:)

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MegumiA,

WOW!!! And thankyou you really did some great research in trying to help me. Some great ideas there!

 

Not sure about the Sonic bird repeller, I am thinking that might worry the budgies.

 

But what I did like was the Motion Activated Scarecrow! A bit like me running for the hose but much more efficent! I wonder if it would work! If others would like a look, here is the direct link:

 

Sensor Scarecrow

 

Thanks again for the great ideas

 

:):wub::):wub::(:blink::D:P:D

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:blink::wub: No problemo! I like to see people and their babies happy! :P

 

GOOD LUCK! :wub:

*Hahah - maybe you could sit on a rotating disc and wobble about? haha! Cool stuff!

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Now where would I get that rotating disc, a lazy susan perhaps??

 

That rotten bird was back at about 6pm tonight! It skybombed the front of the aviary twice while I was about 3-4m away, yipeeing and yahooing!!!! Then my dogs started barking at it as well and it flew away!

Tomorrow I will attach shade cloth over the aviary wire.

 

This bird scares me!

 

P.S I still haven't got a good look at this bird, I am too busy yelling and screaming at it! All I got is large, reddish brown with a few random flecks of white in the wings.

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Gahhh! The damn thing! Hopefully the cloth will help! :D

 

Here is a link to help you figure out what this monster is:

 

http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu01?m=042

 

I will bookmark that one myself! :)

 

Good luck! :wub:

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HUGE post, sorry!!! :)

 

Possible birds:

 

Black-breasted Buzzard (probably not, but):

 

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http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000067

 

 

 

Brown Falcon: Yikes! Could be the monster!??

 

Food

Small birds, snakes, mice and grasshoppers. Unlike the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), the small birds are usually taken by pouncing on them, rather than in the air.

 

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http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000112

 

 

 

Brown Goshawk:

 

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http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000114

 

 

 

Brown Songlark?:

 

_14t1dsbgu_0001.jpg

 

http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000118

 

 

 

Red Goshawk (probably not - descibed as living further north):

 

redgoshawk2.gif

redgoshawk.jpg

 

 

 

http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/birds/redgoshawk.html

http://www.johnyoungwildlife.com/index.php...id=52&Itemid=38

http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000515

 

 

 

Pallid Cuckoo:

 

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http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000475

 

 

 

Pacific Baza???:

 

_14t1dsc3i_0001.jpg

 

http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000464

 

 

Osprey:

 

_14t1dsc3e_0002.jpg

 

http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000462

 

 

Peregrine Falcon (may be THE monster!?!? The Brown Falcon is more likely I suppose? :P the colours don't really look right though.. ):

Food

Birds, such as ducks and parrots, small mammals, reptiles and insects. The birds are usually taken in mid-air by a blow with the hind claw struck after a high-speed dive on the victim.

 

_14t1dsc4t_0001.jpg

 

http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000483

 

 

 

Whistling Kite:

 

_14t1dsckg_0002.jpg

 

http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000716

 

 

Spotted Harrier:

 

_14t1dscfe_0001.jpg

 

http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000641

 

Spotted Nightjar (NOT your monster - but I thought it's call was kinda cool! :D ) :

 

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http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000642

 

 

Swamp Harrier:

 

Food

Birds, cheifly waterfowl, rabbits and other small mammals.

 

_14t1dscgz_0001.jpg

 

http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000666

 

 

 

Anyhoo, youwill be able to have a better crack at it later! Maybe you could get a photo of it?

Good luck! :wub:

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