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I've had a massive problem with pigeons nesting between the first and second floor of my house. All night you hear them scratching and the coo-coo-coo so I played this clip constantly between the floors and I never heard them again. Perfect weapon!
I played this and the sparrows and many of the other birds in my yard went dead silent and swooped for cover. We do have a couple of sparrows hawks who patrol our area
@@paulwilson2651 Well maybe black headed gulls, but definitely not a Herring gull aka the ones we usually hear by the seaside, known for being raptors themselves. Don't forget a female sparrowhawk is roughly crow sized and most gulls are much larger.
@@dazv3605 I was plagued with the things and tried everything to get rid off them so as a last resort played this very call at full volume and it scared them off. The Hawks must go for the Eggs too.
beautiful bird seen one take a magpie the other day the magpies mates dive bombed her but using those long leg's to hold it by the neck she killed her prey and fighting off the divebombers with her wings and beak who finally gave up when they knew their mate was toast
I am playing this to noisy sparrows in the back garden and it is peaceful now but the little s*d's keep comming back before long so a blast every 10 minutes is needed.
Why do so many people want to scare away birds in their yards? I can understand if some species is damaging the house & I can understand why someone would want to scare away birds that were eating garden crops, but why such annoyance over the usual birds in the backyard? Some bird species live near human habitation & have for centuries, but most don't damage human dwellings. My father fed the birds in our back yard for almost 50 yrs, & during winter freezes he put out suet for the birds throughout the yard. Our house was surrounded by many miles of temperate forest, much of it old growth back then (1940s-'60s), & as we were in a major bird migration path there were many species that depended on finding enough food during their stay-over. About every 15 yrs there'd be a hard freeze with blizzard conditions lasting several weeks, during which time many birds would be saved from starvation by the suet put out for them in our yard. Most of the year there were many species of songbirds who came to feed on the foods set out & it was wonderful to sit & watch them. In summer the ruby-throated hummingbirds would congregate to feed off the flowering plants & from feeders hung on the porch. During warm weather it could get pretty noisy with all the birds coming to feed off leftovers we set on platforms for their protection, many of the birds coming in from the woods all around to feed as needed. We all enjoyed hearing them. As humans continue to populate & move into areas previously inhabited by the local birds & other animals, the native species are left with fewer & fewer habitations. Many think of their homes & yards as private property which they have every right to control, even to the exclusion of the birds native to the area who've lived there for centuries. The complaining about birds feeding in yards is for the most part a human arrogance. Why not try to coexist?
@@terrestrialreconnaissance5707why is there a night call version then? I heard them at night. And it is searchable online. But I dunno, how active they are. Crows do call at dawn time and early night too
@@karatecat46 thanks, I'm pretty clued up on raptors and there was a sparrowhawk I seen daily that nested close by, sounded identical to the sparrowhawk, I've never heard a sparrowhawk before of a night time so it must be quite rare.
I've had a massive problem with pigeons nesting between the first and second floor of my house. All night you hear them scratching and the coo-coo-coo so I played this clip constantly between the floors and I never heard them again. Perfect weapon!
the coo - cooo - coo 'jobs' are Collared Doves .. they don't 'alf go on a bit, I'll trying playing the Sparrow-hawk call too ;-)
We av sparrowhawks ,buzzards and hobbys over our garden,stunning creatures.
Excellent feral pigeon deterrent
Yes I use it all the time to get pigeons out of my roof.
What am I doing, it's late at night, I have skating lessons tomorrow morning, and I'm here listening to sparrowhawk calls.
I love birds too much.
One of these just caught one of the starlings in the tree at my bus stop. Class birds
Russell Howell I have about 40 starlings in my garden send it over
I played this and the sparrows and many of the other birds in my yard went dead silent and swooped for cover. We do have a couple of sparrows hawks who patrol our area
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Thank you! It`s my favourite bird. I like watching it.
Sergei me too I love watchin it
Same it’s my second favourite bird of prey after the white tailed eagle :)
I heard a sound like this in the night! It made me think of a south African crested barbet as I was dropping off to sleep.
Crows and other birds in my garden would not shutup, played this and it went quiet in seconds.
I've heard this somewhere in the back of my house, now I know what it is.
This scares the life out of pigeons I can tell ya thatn
I use this to get rid of Pigeons and even Seagulls are afraid.
Hmm, seagulls are way too big for a sparrowhawk. If anything then seagulls would mob them away.
@@dazv3605 Funny how the Seagulls flew awat when hearing this call.
@@paulwilson2651 Well maybe black headed gulls, but definitely not a Herring gull aka the ones we usually hear by the seaside, known for being raptors themselves. Don't forget a female sparrowhawk is roughly crow sized and most gulls are much larger.
@@dazv3605 I was plagued with the things and tried everything to get rid off them so as a last resort played this very call at full volume and it scared them off. The Hawks must go for the Eggs too.
@@dazv3605 It was the group of seagulls that ran the sparrow hawk out of my area. Good thing because my slingshot would of.
I'm using this to stop the magpies banging against my roof and window
I lived with some woodland at the back of our garden... Late summer the racket as the parent birds had to drive out their offspring
Scares the starlings from the garden result
Sparrow hawk is one of my spirit animals!
beautiful bird seen one take a magpie the other day the magpies mates dive bombed her but using those long leg's to hold it by the neck she killed her prey and fighting off the divebombers with her wings and beak who finally gave up when they knew their mate was toast
Mee to..i hear in my country this bird call all timee al day and night..always screaming and laughing..like this..ikk..ikki..ikk..hhiiihhii..😮😮😮😂😂
I just had 2 magpies that just woudnt shut up so i hung out the window and played this...they both just disappeared within a minute
Reminds of robins when it makes that sound.
Just heard one in my garden I've not slept yet at 10to 4 am. Some advantages of insomnia I guess!!!!!
I am playing this to noisy sparrows in the back garden and it is peaceful now but the little s*d's keep comming back before long so a blast every 10 minutes is needed.
Why do so many people want to scare away birds in their yards? I can understand if some species is damaging the house & I can understand why someone would want to scare away birds that were eating garden crops, but why such annoyance over the usual birds in the backyard? Some bird species live near human habitation & have for centuries, but most don't damage human dwellings.
My father fed the birds in our back yard for almost 50 yrs, & during winter freezes he put out suet for the birds throughout the yard. Our house was surrounded by many miles of temperate forest, much of it old growth back then (1940s-'60s), & as we were in a major bird migration path there were many species that depended on finding enough food during their stay-over. About every 15 yrs there'd be a hard freeze with blizzard conditions lasting several weeks, during which time many birds would be saved from starvation by the suet put out for them in our yard.
Most of the year there were many species of songbirds who came to feed on the foods set out & it was wonderful to sit & watch them. In summer the ruby-throated hummingbirds would congregate to feed off the flowering plants & from feeders hung on the porch.
During warm weather it could get pretty noisy with all the birds coming to feed off leftovers we set on platforms for their protection, many of the birds coming in from the woods all around to feed as needed. We all enjoyed hearing them.
As humans continue to populate & move into areas previously inhabited by the local birds & other animals, the native species are left with fewer & fewer habitations. Many think of their homes & yards as private property which they have every right to control, even to the exclusion of the birds native to the area who've lived there for centuries. The complaining about birds feeding in yards is for the most part a human arrogance. Why not try to coexist?
Interesting how this video and other recordings can be used as a form of mimicry to ward off other birds.
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Saw and heard one today, not a usual sound I hear so it stuck out, must of been hunting.
For about a week I heard this call around midnight,I thought they aren't active at night time?
They are not not active at night, perhaps you heard a Little Owl?
Sparrow hawks do have a night call version. You can search it online. But I dunno, how active they are during night
@@terrestrialreconnaissance5707why is there a night call version then? I heard them at night. And it is searchable online. But I dunno, how active they are. Crows do call at dawn time and early night too
@@karatecat46 thanks, I'm pretty clued up on raptors and there was a sparrowhawk I seen daily that nested close by, sounded identical to the sparrowhawk, I've never heard a sparrowhawk before of a night time so it must be quite rare.
I saw one of these eat a crow 😂
A jackdaw probably but definitely not a crow, don't confuse them with much larger goshawks whom actually regularly prey on crows.
Don’t have to see it, you can tell what kind of hawk from the call
I play this loud in my garden to disperse house sparrows....works a treat, but they do come back.
Sounds a bit like blackbirds we have here in ireland
Lol blackbirds are thrushes and songbirds, that's not their call, their alarm call is much higher pitched
What time of year will you hear them?????
Mostly breeding season april to may
Anyone know what sounds scares sparrows?
This one! Play it loud in your garden they soon shit their selves, but they will return soon, keep at it!
that little disrespectful hawk took one of my baby chicks and now i have to be extra careful with them when they’re outside 😠
I have tried this to scare away some house sparrows, they didn't give a shit :(
Play it through a superwoofer with maximum bass :-)
Doesn’t work for my pigeons they are stubborn
They don't really feed on pigeons, Peregrines or Goshawks do. Although females would easily take pigeons.