jason wall / 14 Nov 2010 10:30

I agree the falcon will kill at every chance it gets, from black to white.
in 2003, before i flew tipplers, I flew a kit of 100 plus prints. They were
tippler crosses and anything i could get my hands on. By 2005 i had 120
prints bred by me. I flew the kit most days all year round. The tippler
flyers in my area were getting hit by the falcons. I probably lost only 10
prints to the falcons in this year, although there was a pair nesting on a
block of high rise flats less than half a mile away. I would see this pair
of falcons lots of times through out the day hunting and carrying pigeons
back. In 2006 when i first started with tipplers the same pair of falcons
murdered my birds, taking them all. They were nearly all blues or blue and
whites. The same thing happened the following year. I was flying the hughes
type pigeon then and they used to get up high and fly slow and steady. Not
like the prints i used to fly. I watched the same falcons fly over the top
of kits off tumblers to get at my tipplers. Maybe because of their flying
style. I suppose every area is different, our area has got the most pigeons
i have ever seen and for falcons looking down it must be like a carpet of
food. To say they are spoilt for choice is an understatement. On the
downside, there are always falcons about but on the upside, there isnt the
need for then to just hunt my tipplers. I do not fly the hughes type
straight now, i try to fly crosses that fly lower and have a lot more luck
in keeping them alive. I do think the falcons are adapting though, after
all, who ever saw seagulls eating kebabs out of town centres 20-30 years
ago!!!

Submitted by jason wall on 11/14/2010 10:02:34 AM