Date: 9/30/25 7:55 am From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Fewer Red-tailed Hawks?
Hi Richard, I commented on that earlier in the Summer. Sadly with Bird Flu there is an all out onslot by Agriculture to kill birds by any means available. Particularly in confinement areas which is a lot of Iowa. In my comment I'll post a picture of at least 36 pigeons recently shot at a CAFO. I heard gunshots while I was counting shorebirds at a retention pond in front of the CAFO and then a pickup with all these birds on the bed rollcover drove out. It's a difficult situation when food, jobs and nature come into conflict. The poisoning has far reaching impact into other species such as hawks and raptors.
Clayton Will Madrid
On Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 08:31 'Richard Randell' via IA-BIRD < <ia-bird...> wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed a lack of Red-tails lately? I have only three > observations May-Sept. 2025 compared with 12 during those months in 2024 > and 21 in 2023. > > Richard Randell > Johnson County > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<44527908-AA33-4CED-953A-A0CA5A78F68D...> > . >
