jason wall / 26 Jan 2010 07:45

Yes i think you have a small problem (for now). A pair of peregrines will do
a hell of a lot of damage in the 5mile radius in where you live in up in
sunderland, as said in previous posts. In the midlands, especially in
Walsall where we live, there are that many pigeon flyers its uncountable.
For example in the couple of blocks where i keep my birds theres about 14 or
15 kits can be out at a time, the largest kit being 300 plus and this is no
where near the busiest pigeon wise. So in a 5mile radius down here a pair of
peregrines would only cause a slight nuisance, off the top of my head i know
to well into double figures pairs of peregrines that are in hunting
distance. The amount of birds that are in the sky at a time attacks the
hunters but also gives your birds a chance of survival. The tumberler flyers
also play the game of "catcher keeps" were they are constantly trying to get
their kits to join with other kits and get in birds from a different kit.
This is a nightmare when trying to settle youngsters but thats a different
story. We have got 17 flying members in the Bentley West (so far) and on fly
day the majority can see each others kits fly and and often phone each other
to let them know where they are. There are also 4 members of the Willenhall
club that fly near by and their kits often come floating over. Now we as
pigeon men stick together and try to keep any problems we have under control
for the sake of keeping our sport alive, dont get me wrong there are some
pigeon flyers that dont even talk to each other but they put their
differences aside for the sake of our sport. Without the support of each
other then i can tell you that there would not be any tippler flying in the
west midlands. So surely with the number of flyers you lot have up in
sunderland and the wealth of knowledge between you all, out witting a pair
of peregrines should be quite easy.

Submitted by "jason wall" on 1/26/2010 7:52:13 AM
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