In our area it is the Northern Goshawk that is the chicken hawk. When we had
chickens and Turkeys we thought of it as a special tax for living in this
wonderful place when a Goshawk or Coyote took one of our birds. We had about
20 turkeys over the years and we ate 1 and the Coyotes 19, (we are in a
petty high tax bracket)
Randy Rawluk
rawluk at fsjames.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Larry & Jacque Goodhew <lgoodhew at clearwater.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Cc: <inland-NW-birders at uidaho.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 1:19 PM
Subject: "Chicken Hawk"


> Hi friends; When I was a kid the neighbors used to call the
> Red-tailed Hawks "chicken hawks' As I learned more I found out
> that the Coopers Hawk was the chicken catcher and the Red tail the
> good guy. Today I watched the good guy try to take one of my
> bantam chickens. The hawk launched from a tree about 200 ft from
> the pen and only missed because it hit the fence a few inches from
> the chicken. The hawk flew off a bit puzzled I think. Still I'd
> give up a chicken or two to keep the hawks flying free in the sky.
> I'm sure they do more good then harm with the rodent population
> then harm to the occasional chicken.
> Larry and Jacque Goodhew Walla Walla