http://birdtablenews.com/2009/07/sparrowhawks-and-songbirds/ A place to chat about all types of birds and also exchange bird feeding and other wild bird advice Fri, 11 May 2012 21:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://birdtablenews.com/2009/07/sparrowhawks-and-songbirds/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Hannah White Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:31:59 +0000 http://birdtablenews.com/?p=3328#comment-690 Hi Trish, Did you get my desperate email re the Sparrowhawk taking all our swallows out of their nest and roost and also in flight. I have made holes in all the barn doors so hopefully the hawk will not get in...what size gap could a hawk get through ? I am still worries he will get through the gaps as the swallows were very reluctant to go through the gaps instead of having an open door which they much prefer..I had to make the gaps bigger than i wanted just to get them to agree to fly in and out of them. I know hawks are clever and a male sparrow hawk is not that big..he flies into a barn gap that was made years ago for swallows when the garage doors are shut. He was not afraid..I hope the gaps are small enough. I can 't bear the carnage any longer...just too heartbreaking to see the swallows valiant struggle against such a bird... Hi Trish,
Did you get my desperate email re the Sparrowhawk taking all our swallows out of their nest and roost and also in flight. I have made holes in all the barn doors so hopefully the hawk will not get in…what size gap could a hawk get through ? I am still worries he will get through the gaps as the swallows were very reluctant to go through the gaps instead of having an open door which they much prefer..I had to make the gaps bigger than i wanted just to get them to agree to fly in and out of them. I know hawks are clever and a male sparrow hawk is not that big..he flies into a barn gap that was made years ago for swallows when the garage doors are shut. He was not afraid..I hope the gaps are small enough. I can ‘t bear the carnage any longer…just too heartbreaking to see the swallows valiant struggle against such a bird…

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